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.