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.