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.