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his　characters。　This　was　something　quite　new。　Ordinarily　he　liked　all　of　his

characters；　the　good　and　the　bad。　He　was　glad　he　did。　It　allowed　him　to　try　to

see　all　of　their　sides　and　understand　their　motivations　more　clearly。　His

favorite　story；　sold　to　a　small　southern　Maine　magazine　called　Contraband　for

copies；　had　been　a　piece　called　〃The　Monkey　Is　Here；　Paul　DeLong。〃　It　had　been

about　a　child　molester　about　to　mit　suicide　in　his　furnished　room。　The　child

molesters　name　had　been　Paul　DeLong；　Monkey　to　his　friends。　Jack　had　liked

Monkey　very　much。　He　sympathized　with　Monkeys　bizarre　needs；　knowing　that

Monkey　was　not　the　only　one　to　blame　for　the　three　rape…murders　in　his　past。

There　had　been　bad　parents；　the　father　a　beater　as　his　own　father　had　been；　the

mother　a　limp　and　silent　dishrag　as　his　mother　had　been。　A　homosexual　experience

in　grammar　school。　Public　humiliation。　Worse　experiences　in　high　school　and

college。　He　had　been　arrested　and　sent　to　an　institution　after　exposing　himself

to　a　pair　of　little　girls　getting　off　a　school　bus。　Worst　of　all；　he　had　been

dismissed　from　the　institution；　let　back　out　onto　the　streets；　because　the　man

in　charge　had　decided　he　was　all　right。　This　mans　name　had　been　Grimmer。

Grimmer　had　known　that　Monkey　DeLong　was　exhibiting　deviant　symptoms；　but　he　had

written　the　good；　hopeful　report　and　had　let　him　go　anyway。　Jack　liked　and

sympathized　with　Grimmer；　too。　Grimmer　had　to　run　an　understaffed　and

underfunded　institution　and　try　to　keep　the　whole　thing　together　with　spit；

baling　wire；　and　nickle…and…dime　appropriations　from　a　state　legislature　who　had

to　go　back　and　face　the　voters。　Grimmer　knew　that　Monkey　could　interact　with

other　people；　that　he　did　not　soil　his　pants　or　try　to　stab　his　fellow　inmates

with　the　scissors。　He　did　not　think　he　was　Napoleon。　The　staff　psychiatrist　in

charge　of　Monkeys　case　thought　there　was　a　better…than…even　chance　that　Monkey

could　make　it　on　the　street；　and　they　both　knew　that　the　longer　a　man　is　in　an

institution　the　more　he　es　to　need　that　closed　environment；　like　a　junkie

with　his　smack。　And　meanwhile；　people　were　knocking　down　the　doors。　Paranoids；

schizoids；　cycloids；　semicatatonics；　men　who　claimed　to　have　gone　to　heaven　in

flying　saucers；　women　who　had　burned　their　childrens　sex　organs　off　with　Bic

lighters；　alcoholics；　pyromaniacs；　kleptomaniacs；　manic…depressives；　suicidals。

Tough　old　world；　baby。　If　youre　not　bolted　together　tightly；　youre　gonna

shake；　rattle；　and　roll　before　you　turn　thirty。　Jack　could　sympathize　with

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