Book Three

On

Bottom,

Slide feet from 

Opponent, raise

Right foot, use right hand

To grab his right hand, pull

Up while pushing back to stand.


Coached

To catch

God asleep,

Menelaus 

Held on through shape shifts,

Proteus answered how 

To set sail, fates of others.


Coach

Guided

Partnered drill,

Yours bowed head, hands

On mat, you grabbed his

Ankles, pulled legs against 

Your chest as he did push-ups.


On

Bottom,

Raise right hand,

Grab opponent's 

Right hand, thrust legs out,

Sit, roll left on left knee

To right knee, head facing him. 


Made

Aware

By Noemon,

Antinous planned 

Surprise attack on

Telemachus' return,

Penelope wept at news.


You 

Lowered 

His ankles

To mat, reversed 

Positions, your legs

Against his chest, t-shirt 

Dropped toward your head baring skin.


On

Bottom,

Slide feet from 

Opponent, hold

His right hand, raise right 

Leg to toes, push into

Him until seated on him.


Zeus

Heard out

Athena,

Hermes sent to 

Calypso: 'Release

Odysseus.' Raft built,

Water, wine, food, clothes supplied.


Your

Partner,

Glimpsed sideways,

Stripped, grabbed towel; found

Lathering his chest,

Butt turned toward you when you 

Looked down, avoiding his eyes. 


On

Bottom,

Cross right hand 

With left on mat,

Twist right, spread legs, sit;

Move right hand to grab his

Left leg, right knee down, left raised.sed 


Tools

Supplied,

Raft crafted,

Odysseus 

Set sail by stars, land

Glimpsed, Poseidon spotted 

Him, raised waves, wind, raft capsized.


Most

Boys lined

Up at scale

Straight from showers,

Towels tossed on nearby 

Bench, stepped on, beam moved, weight

Registered without comment.


On

Bottom,

Slide feet from 

Opponent, grab 

His right hand, pull it

Off, raise right leg to toes,

Twist right, seated, feet on mat. 


Climbed

Back on

Raft, goddess,

Ino, advised: 

Abandon raft; strip;

Swim to Phaeacia with 

Her scarf tied around his chest.


Coach-

Bottom -

Grabbed your hand,

Rolled you over

His back until you 

Landed on yours, his hand

Reached between legs for right one. 


On

Bottom,

Grab hand on

Waist, tighten hold,

Raise left knee, lean right,

Roll him across your back 

On back, left hand grabs right leg. 


Winds

Calmed by

Athena,

Odysseus 

Swam past cliffs to a

River, emerged, naked,

To shelter under bushes.


You 

Ceded

Top's control 

Of bottom, showed

Little resistance 

When landed on your back,

Legs spread, arm across your crotch. 


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