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.