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.