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.