I saw “Rocky” and decided to box. My first fight is in Biddeford, Maine.
National anthem, then quiet. A woman shouts, “Kill him, Butch!” Butch doesn’t understand hyperbole.
The fight lasts two rounds. I get a trophy engraved with the words: second place.
My last fight is in Biddeford, Maine.
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