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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