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.