February 08, 2004
In the Audience
We shared the ride up the press gate elevator at Madison square garden with 3 women in their brown blazers. We were heading to the Knicks pre-game shooting practice to see how well the top dollar contracts can run around their court. they were headed to the Westmisnter Abbey dog show one floor below, to see how well the top dollar pedigrees can run around their floor.
When Dekembe Mutumbo shook my hand at the prayer before the game his index finger touched my elbow. mine touched his knuckle.
We managed our way from the press box seats down to the 7th row behind the backboard. From that vantage point Madison Square garden is seen through a fish-eye lens, vignetting into space with no corners. The sparkling scoreboard hung down into the bowl like a fishing lure dangles below the water. Thanks to Mr. Marbury's 42 points, the bright lights told us the Knicks came out on top by the end of the fourth quarter.
It was grammy night, and i imagined much of the courtside clan had prior obligations on the opposite coast. But among the yellow mustard and folding seats the rest of us cheered the game, applauded athleticism and tapped our feet the kid dancers at half-time.
As we sat in our bowl with the bright lights with no corners, the pedigrees or our species showed their stuff on the court, and below us the finest of the four legged variety showed theirs. Somewhere palm trees were swaying in the breeze and snow was falling on sleeping street lights. Somewhere bread was baking movie stars were smiling. Somewhere garbage was rotting and buildings were burning. There is amazement in everything. Nothing is ugly. and what i see before me at any given time as mundane or fantastic as is was meant to does not go unnoticed. Dog shows and soft pretzles and stuck chewing gum and basketball stars were my life that night.
After the game we walked back down the hallways under the stadium. She took a cookie off the chrome platter in the kid dancers locker room. We walked past the photographs of the past performers of Madison Square Garden. Hendrix, Simon and Garfunkle, and Ali all hung there as a guest book.
"This is awesome..." she said.
It was. The grainy black and white guestbook was written all the way down the hall into the darkness. Above us the sweat on the hardwood court of Madison square garden was being wiped down like boxer in sittingin his corner waitng for another fight. Below us dogs full of ribbons and bos and hair care products were struttting thier stuff.
"...this cookie is so good." she said smiling as she, chocolate chip cookies, - and the dog shows and soft pretzles and stuck chewing gum and basketball stars filled my life with mudane, fanastic, beautiful, and tasty things that did not go unnoticed.
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