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.