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+The Dome is a half-empty cave. At the last minute they lowered all tickets to a buck, and thousands popped in to see the King. To me the crowd means {{pg|507|508}} nothing. It is as anonymous as the whir of an air conditioner. I stare at the
+Everlast trademark on my gloves and practice keeping the mouthpiece in
+without gagging. “Stay loose,” Teddy yells over the din, “stay loose as a goose
+and box like a fox.”
+I dance in my corner for three or four minutes before he appears. The crowd goes wild when that woolly head jogs up the ramp. He climbs through the ropes and goes to center ring. He throws kisses with both open gloves. He
+is wearing the same YMCA trunks and cheap sneakers, but his robe is a threadbare terrycloth without a name. It looks like something he picked up at Goodwill on the way over. The crowd loves his slovenliness.
+“To each his own,” I whisper to myself as I ask Teddy for a final hit with the blow-dryer. My curls are tight as iron; his hang like eggshells crowding around his ears. He throws a kiss to me; I try to return it with the finger but
+my glove makes it a hand.
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