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.