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.