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.