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,
When food ran out, god's
Cattle slain, Zeus sent winds,
Smashed ship, drowned crew, course reversed.
Sent
Behind
Screen, doctor
Groped testicles,
Measured penis lengths,
Fingered each anus with
Wrestler bent, grabbing ankles.
From
Neutral,
Drop level,
Head butt, both hands
Grab back of his neck,
Force head toward Matt, step back
From fall, chest on top of head.
Swift
Rowers,
Phaeacians
Reached Ithaca,
Odysseus left
Asleep with his treasures,
Poseidon turned ship to stone.
Straps,
Looped on
Shoulders, yanked
Up crotch, split ass,
Sleek sack, tight at chest,
Thighs, with space for compass
Pointed north, or not at all.
From
Neutral
Position,
Meet opponent's
Leg grab, drop level,
Keep legs back, hands on his
Upper back, chest holding down.
Lies
Spun, mist
Swirled, goddess
Hid treasures, asked,
Plotted his revenge
Against suitors, disguised
Odysseus as beggar.
Shared
Singlets
Merged win/loss
Bracket rankings,
Your partner's body
Closer, harder, softer;
His takedown finesse sharper.
Match
Outcome
Factors risk:
Current score; time
Remaining; reserve
Energy; opponent's
Perceived strengths, weakness; weight class.
His
Disguise
Revealed the
Swineherd's values,
Ground situation,
Twisted truths, lies, foretold
Ithaca return, got cloak.
You
Circled
New partner,
Bent, reached across,
Pulled down on his neck,
Kept your legs back, feigned a
Drop to see his reaction.
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