Book Nine

Stand,

Knees bent,

Feet spread, chin

Tucked, spring forward,

Rolling on back of 

Neck, ending seated, with

Hands pulling knees into chest.



Bow,

Arrows,

Axes' chest 

Out from storeroom,

Penelope called 

Marriage contest: string bow;

Shoot arrow through twelve aligned.



You 

Turned back 

Handle, stepped 

Away, toweled off,

Found yourself slowing

Past locker room sideview 

Of wrestlers lined up at scale.



From 

Neutral 

Position

Without partner,

Take penetration 

Steps, drop levels, practice 

Fast takedowns, counterattacks.



Each

Suitor 

Tried, but failed,

Telemachus 

Also, Antinous 

Goaded, Odysseus 

Showed scar to swineherd, cowherd.



Pinned

Wrestler,

Seated in 

Corner on towel

Spread, locker room bench,

Caught you watching parade

Of clueless, naked wrestlers.



Squat 

Down, hands

Flat on mat,

Partner lifts legs

From behind into 

Handstand, push-up, down in

Repetitions, reverse roles.



Hall

Doors locked,

Outer gates

Tied, Zeus thundered,

Odysseus held

Bow, plucked it, shot arrow 

Through the twelve aligned axes. 



You 

Slipped off

Your singlet,

Started to get 

Dressed, remembered that 

Coach needed an observed 

Weigh-in, pulled on t, sweatpants.



Head

Between 

Partner's legs,

Hands around backs 

Of ankles, legs raised, 

Grabbed by partner, thrown down,

Kept straight, stopped above the mat.



Next

Arrow 

Antinous 

Felt lodged in neck,

Nude Odysseus 

Revealed, Telemachus 

Sent to storeroom for weapons.



You

Stepped in 

Office, coach 

Said, 'Strip down by

The scale, he'd be out

In a sec,' you pulled off

T-shirt, sweatpants, stood on scale.



Head

Between 

Partner's legs,

Hands around backs 

Of ankles, legs raised,

Partner grabs backs of knees,

Legs lowered to mat, repeat.



King's 

Storeroom 

Raided by 

Melanthius,

Slaves trussed, strung him up,

Athena thwarted spears 

Thrown by suitors, all are killed.



Coach 

Came out,

His hair damp,

Wearing only

A pair of white briefs, 

Stood close behind your back,

Reached over to adjust scale.



Hands

Behind 

Back, chest on 

Partner kept in

Bottom position,

Spin in one direction

Around him, then reverse it.



Court

Poet,

Slave boy, spared,

Nanny declared

Twelve slave girls guilty,

Forced to clean palace, hung,

Goatherd chopped to death, smoke cleansed.



Two

Third form

Boys caught by

Perfect having 

Sex Saturday night,

One sent home, the other,

Not initiator, stayed.







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