perch Bulgarian Meaning

...erch on a dangling shelf. I have no stash, nor obvious pelf. Broke my ego, yanked my ?self?. Spooks I knew were staking me, ought I to have, just let it be? Couldn?t have cast to scurry away. My loved ones would have to pay. They blew my door off its hinge. Book an note from window flings; pots and pans that were my Mings. Didn?t even care for baby slings, blue little jay that always sings. Trod my hea...