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.