Owning just one monkey, if it weighs under
30 lbs., is not illegal in Houston where
neighbors saw a little gray face peeking through the
front room curtains of the guy out on bond since
Christmas for a self-defense sort of homicide
when his full-grown tiger loped like time itself
through the side yard and into the cul-de-sac
with cops yelling at the animal as it followed
his human into a pick-up truck and drove off.
Their lawyer later said just because they
shared a ride doesnāt mean they are together.
But now heās got a new lawyer for the monkey.
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Zak Mucha, LCSW, is a psychoanalyst and president of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of The Ambulatorium and Swimming to the Horizon: Crack, Psychosis, and Street-Corner Social Work.
Poet’s Instagram: @zakmucha
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