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.