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.