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.