Book Eleven

Head

Trustee's 

Scion, owed

His quarterback 

Start, strode immaculate 

On field, surrounded by 

Peers ready to prove themselves.





Zeus

Allowed

God/goddess

Interventions,

One urged Aineias 

To confront Achilles,

Whisked away by Poseidon.





Games

Morning,

Alumni 

Parked cars on lawn,

Their navy blazers,

Bright, Oxford cloth shirts, flagged

Stands primed with picnic hampers.





Cross

Country

Freshman blazed

Ahead, deaf to

Coach's entreaty  

To stick together, not

Sap strength trying to out pace.





Mist

Lifted,

Aineias

Gone, Hektor warned

By Apollo to

Draw back, Achilles speared

His brother Polydoros.





Corks

Popped, fresh

Mimosas

Poured in crystal,

Spritzed with orange juice,

Hunt enthusiasts stuck

To lethal bloody Marys.




Sun

Blinded

Visiting

Soccer players,

Gusts intercepted

Balls kicked, thrown, diverted

Them to home team advantage.




Words

Spoken,

Hektor lobbed

Spear, Athena

Redirected it,

Achilles charged three times, 

Apollo sheltered Hektor.




Skin

Tinged pink,

Offensive 

Line men toasted,

Referee whistles 

Cheered, highball glasses topped 

Off, headmaster acknowledged.




Trail

Narrowed,

Runners' arm 

Swings tightened, toes

Landed at backs of 

Rising heels, body heat 

Permeated rank and file.




By

Xanthos,

Achilles

Went after those

Fleeing, swung his sword

To kill until waters

Were filled with blood, dead bodies.






Thin

Presence

From recent

Graduates stood 

To follow soccer

Match with third form boys, who

Gawked at hirsute proportions.





Two 

Cousin's

Paths converged,

A soccer ball

Between them dribbled

By one toward the other's 

Goal post, ball passed, forgiven.





Swept

Away

From Trojans

By Skamandros,

Achilles cried out,

Hera called Hephaistos,

Whose flames burned corpses, waters.




Two

Parents

Debated

Local hunt- a

Blood sport- crossing school

Property, lessons from

Tradition versus carnage.




Three

Runners

From both schools

Who'd pulled ahead

Jostled for place, then

Emerged, order settled,

Coaches surprised at results.




War

Tested

Athena, 

Knocked back, breasts of

Aphrodite punched,

Hera boxed Artemis,

Battered for sake of mortals.




Stock

Market

Newcomers

Veered from football

Game to grandstand tips,









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