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.