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NOTE: From Bud and Mary<\/em>. The year was 1956 when I was 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday Night Fights Every Night<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports\u2013Boxing
from Madison Square Garden
with the Look Sharp\/Be Sharp theme song
and Jimmy Powers announcing
was a regular Friday night event
for Dad and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dad never boxed himself,
but he loved the manly art,
the sweet science
as it was called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was fascinated
by the different styles of boxing:
the peek-a-boo face shield defense,
the flailing perpetual-windmill offense,
the powderpuff jab while backing away,
the lethal left cross,
the unexpected uppercut,
and the thunderous knockout right
when the victim drops his guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For entertainment,
the best matchups paired
the buzzsaw free swinger
against the cautious counterpuncher.
It was fun to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But buzzsaw vs. counterpuncher
was no fun at all
when the parents squared off
later in the 1950s.
It was Friday Night Fights
every night of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mother was a free swinger,
always throwing the first punches,
launching one haymaker after another:
accusations of bad faith
and compromised loyalties.
Dad deflected the blows
with his annoying fact-checking,
his claims of innocence,
and by pointing out she needed help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was alcohol, always alcohol,
to juice the aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the olden days,
boxers used to fight
until only one was standing.
My parents fought and fought and fought
every night
and all they did
was hold each other up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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