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.