Book Six
From Tie-up, Hands on arms, Duck under right Arm, hook your left arm Under his left armpit, Move behind him, both arms hooked. Blood Fed dead, Mother seen, Tiresias Foretold choices, fates, Odysseus saw famed Women, spoke to Greek heroes. Team Singlets Piled, old names On masking tape, Second skin fabric Had conformed to wrestlers' Bodies, body memory. From Tie-up, On his right Side, left hand slid Around his torso, Right hand hooks left side of His neck, propel him forward. Moored, Circe Spelled out crew's Last homebound trials: Ears plugged past Sirens; Rocks; Scylla's hungry heads; Charybdis' sucking whirlpool. Lined Up, team Physicals, Coach watched doctor Take vital signs, steth Heart, lungs, palpate wrestlers Reclined on exam table. Step Between Opponent's Legs, with arms locked Around his armpits, Squat, arch back, lift him, throw Him forward as you fall back. Crew Sheltered Inside cave, Although oath sworn, ...