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.