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.