Book Three

Play 

Launched with

Ball thrown down 

Field to starting 

Wide receiver, caught,

Defense arrived, carried

Yards until safety tackled.


First

Spear thrown

By Trojan 

Alexandros 

Lodged in Achaian

Shield of Menelaus,

Former ducked Achaian's spear.


Stacked

Ancient 

Greek textbooks 

Passed front to back,

Stapled trimester 

Syllabus followed, sports

Pushed aside by scholarship.


Snap

Ball to 

Quarterback,

Who's sacked, first down; 

Shotgun, receiver 

Tackled, second; I form,

Third; fullback tackled, fourth down.


Greek's

Sword struck 

Trojan's horn

Helmet four times,

Broke, Menelaus 

Grabbed Paris by his chin

Strap, strangled as he swung him.


First

Classroom 

Discussion 

On collision 

Of cultures: seaborne,

Pillaging Greeks; settled,

Trojan, city-state structure. 


Ball

Control 

Turn over,

Quarterback's clear

Shot to receiver 

Intercepted, pick six

To end zone, team reassessed.


Strap

Snapped, mist

Covered him,

Aphrodite 

Abducted Paris,

Menelaus, confused,

Left holding empty helmet.


Next

Classroom 

Discussion 

On fate: Zeus weighed

Its execution, 

Gods forestalled through meddling,

Ultimately as foretold.


Towels

Snapped at

Defenseless 

Butts post showers,

Starting quarterback,

Players not amused with 

Back bench trick play at practice.


Zeus,

Hera,

Quarreled, resolved,

Pandaros fooled,

Aimed an arrow at

Menelaus, swatted 

By Athena, only grazed.


Young

Face at

Faculty 

Meeting scuttled

Seating arrangement,

Old guard masters shifted,

Inward, freeing chair near door.


Wax

On, wax

Off drill, force

At first applied 

Commensurate with 

Fair play execution,

Raised notches 'til whistle blown. 


Gods,

Ares,

Athene,

Apollo, and 

Aphrodite found

Alongside mortals, fought:

Achaians; Trojans; themselves.


Back

Row tongues

Wagged over

Chaplain's weekend 

Tryst, master's absence,

Dean muddled agenda,

Regretted sobriety. 


Ball

Punch drill,

Back bench, and 

Starters matched up,

Push back aggressive;

Pit drill, barricaded

Players locked horns, blocked, tackled.


Mist

Lifted,

Immortals

Visible to 

Diomedes; with

Athena's help, his strikes

Lethal, toll conspicuous.


Chain

Smoking,

Yellow coiffed 

Librarians

Set off nurse's cough,

Tobacco addicted

Scrambled hands over jackets.











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