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Mike and the Monkeys in His Pants
How often do you meet someone who claims to have monkeys in his pants? I did once. He kept monkeys in his pants to share with others, and when they were really naughty he left them at home. Home was a shelter on good nights, and most nights weren’t good nights. Most nights home was the unseen corners of the world around Chicago — year ‘round. In the few years I knew him, he never once complained about it. It just was, but it wasn’t