Music of the Wild 



James, "For every kind of beasts, aiul of birds, 

 and of ser2)ents, and of tilings in tbe sea, is tamed, 

 and hath been tamed of mankind." 



In most cases tliis word "tame<l" sliould be 

 clianged to "broken." ^\^]ien birds and l)easts are 

 Caging tra])ped in tlieir wikl estate, caged and starved or 

 * '^ ' })eaten into non-resistance or througli famiharity 

 eiuku'e the ])resence of men without signs of fear, 

 they are said to be "tameck" In fact, they are 

 heart-broken for home, stai'ving for natural diet, 

 and crazed for lack of space, so that they are 

 slowly dying, and too desolate to resist. Think of 

 a bird that has ranged the heavens from Canada 

 to Patagonia reduced to the ho]) from perch to 

 perch and the folded wing estate of a two by three 

 foot cage — and that is considered mnisually large. 

 Or of a ])east that has roamed the forest and marsh 

 for miles being confined inside bars where it can 

 not turn without touching steel. Is it any wonder 

 these "tamed" creatures kill when they have op- 

 l^ortunity^ Our laws ])ro^'ide for the taming of 

 "wild" men in the same manner, and it is notice- 

 able that they, too, kill at the slightest chance for 

 escape, if they do not lose their reason and mur- 

 der the first person they meet. 



There is a shruli fre(|uenting many of my 

 fence corners that has esca])ed art and that decora- 

 tors do not know. I think it has great possibilities. 

 It grows to the average height of fence-corner 



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