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.