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.