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.