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.