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.