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.