View From The Tower           
                       
                       
                                          
 When  I Got Home From Away, Climbed All 
 The  Way  To The  Top, And  There Was  A 
 Bird In My Room, Not Too Unreasonable  A 
 Bird  But Still  An Unwelcome  Guest  At 
 This Hour,  That  Had  Let  Himself  In. 
                                          
 The Window  Was Open And So  I  Waved My 
 Arms  And He Flew  Out. But As Soon As I 
       Turned Around, HE Was Back.       
                                          
                                     
 I   Took   The   Jackdaw  By   My   Hand 
 Threw   It    Out    The   Window,   And 
       Into What I'M Shielded From        
    Watched Him Fall And Turned Around    
    Held His Gaze Throughout The Fall     
     In Spite He Did Not Move At All      
                                     
                                          
 I  Heard The Thump As He Hit The Ground. 
 My  Mother Came  Running.  "Angel!  What 
 Did You Do?"                             
                                          
 Don'T Come  In  Here,  I Wanted To  Say, 
 But She Would  Come Anyway And So I Kept 
 It   To  Myself.   "Are  You  Allright?" 
                                          
 "I Hurt A Bird",  And  I Could  See  Him 
 Through The Windows, Trying To  Fly With 
 His Wings Somehow Inverted.  They  Would 
 Not Bear  Him,  And  He Was  Infuriated.