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.