This Is the Cage, and It’s Killing You

None of us were born for captivity

Photo by Michal Mrozek on Unsplash

“The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo” — Desmond Morris

When I was a kid, my neighbor had an owl

A barn owl, I think. She was white, and she was beautiful. Her heart-shaped face was jeweled with glittering black eyes capable of freezing small…