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.