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.