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.