Monkey Wrench

When I was young, I always wondered why so many men stood in front of liquor stores? It was a question that stayed with me as I grew up. I never thought of those men having a childhood. It seemed to me that liquor stores were the action centers and it was their jobs to be there. More men stood guard at the liquor stores than anywhere else in our community. I also wondered how many of those men had children in our neighborhood. I told myself, when I become a father, I won’t hang in front of the liquor store.

Read more of David Baldwin’s Declaration of the Monkey Wrench.

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