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.