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.