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.