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.