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.