Book One (Odyssey)

Feet

Spread, turned

Out; knees bent,

Back hunched; arms held

Against sides; hands kept

Between knees, centered low;

Eyes focused on opponent.


Zeus DELETE

Sent words:

Poseidon 

Should cool his wrath 

With Odysseus;

Calypso should set him

Free, homeward toward Ithaca.


(1)First DELETE

Practice,

Boys climbed stairs,

Told to find their 

Labeled locker, strip

Naked, form single line

Facing coach, manager, scale.


Move:

Shuffle 

With short steps 

Side to side: rock

With right foot forward,

Left foot kept in place, weight

Shifted quickly, forward, back.


Boy

Cried in

Frustration 

During public 

Speech, suitors have held

Household hostage, asking 

Penelope to make choice.


(1)Once DELETE

Weighed, each

Stepped aside,

Instructed to

Lower head, raise head,

Lift arms, turn around, drop

Arms, turn back, lift penis up.


Reach

Across,

Circling your 

Opponent, grab

The back of his neck,

Tap his head; when he tries,

Swat his arms, or hands away.


Blame

Mother

For tricking 

Us, Antenous

Replied, Laertes' 

Shroud unfinished: she wove 

Each day, unravelled each night.


Psyched 

Wrestlers

Starved themselves,

Ounces from weight

Class upper limits,

Chowing down for bracket 

Pins between weekly weigh-ins.


Drop

Level 

Lowering

Hips, bend knees, lock

Eyes on opponent's

Moves, extend left leg back 

While tilting right leg forward.


Zeus

Launched two

Eagles which

Halitherses

Prophesized meant the

Imminent return of 

A disguised Odysseus.


Team

Warmed up, 

Rows in grey

Sweatshirts, sweatpants, 

New boys in the back,

Stretches, calisthenics, 

Jumping jacks, push-ups, sit-ups.


Use

Hands to

Lock forearm 

Of opponent,

Pivot on left foot,

Back into him, right knee

On mat, pull his shoulder down.


Son

Made his

Decision,

Ship requested

With crew to learn news

Of father, if dead, build 

Tomb, give mother new husband.


Coach,

Wrestler,

In neutral 

Position, coach

Bent to penetrate,

Stayed low, touched mat, used hands

To pass between wrestler's legs.


Grab

Wrist of

Opponent,

Straddle his legs,

Bend knees, arch back, lift

Him while turning around,

Drop to knee maintaining hold. 


Ship

Procured,

Provisioned 

With jars of wine,

Sacks of grain; goddess

Found crew of volunteers,

Launched Telemachus at night.


Coach

Said one

Of each paired

Wrestlers should take

Bottom, one take top,

To practice a move, switch

Positions for second try.




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