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Rich memories of adventuring young love
exaggerations are 35 years old
we arrived for the Brawl in Montreal with no French
(we knew highway signage Est and Ouest)
I sold my coat for tickets
(I offered but no one bought)
among the greatest fights of all time
(hence it was eclipsed)
I emptied our savings account
(about 20 bucks)
we drove from Rochester believing
radio news of cheap seats remaining
Sugar Ray Leonard Roberto Duran
welterweight championship bout.
We shared a hot dog plate during preliminaries 
Sugar Ray fought a macho toe-to-toe fight
Duran won
we drove home that night.
The next day
I worked a job that pays same-day
we ate out that night to celebrate
(or bought supper from the grocery store).