Pondering at One

The loudest cheer I've ever heard at a concert was in 2002 at the Civic Auditorium for a band called Korn. I got there about twenty minute before the band went on. Hairy arms had poked through the top of the standing floor crowd and were pointing at various girls seated above or on a large man's shoulders. One girl, no more than nineteen or twenty with the help of a guy, perhaps her boyfriend, climbed from the floor to an open area before the first seating level. In unison, the three hundred or so hairy arms suddenly turned counter clockwise to point at the girl. And with quiet aplomb, she grabbed her shirt and lifted it to her eyeballs. Her rather large breasts initially travelled with the shirt before changing their minds halfway, causing them, upon reaching their original positions to bounce back up. The response was immediate and deafening. The heavy bass of the men's voices shook my innards more than any of their car stereos could ever hope to. There were a lot of high fives too. After she reshirted herself and obliged the crowd to an encore, I turned and saw a ten-year old kid wearing a Bush T-Shirt with the largest eyes I've ever seen.