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.