Book Seven

Top

Starting 

Position,

Left arm under

His left armpit, hand

Pulls head down, roll right on

Back, chest on chest, near fall, pin. 


His

Disguise,

Twisted lies

Enabled him

To test the swineherd's

Loyalty, and assess

Situation at palace.


Your

Left hand 

Pulled his neck

Down, crouching, your

Right hand grabbed back of

Left heel, pulled it forward,

Forcing him to fall backwards.


Top

Starting 

Position,

Move your left arm 

Under his armpit 

To pin his left arm to 

Back, pull his right wrist to chest.


Time

For home,

Athena 

Roused, forewarns

Telemachus who

Asks Menelaus' help,

Gifts given, Helen reads sign.


You

Placed your 

Weight on his

Left leg, swung right,

Chest on chest, your left 

Arm under his knees, your 

Right around his neck, cradled.


Move

On knees

From side to

Front, keeping his

Left arm pinned to his

Back, flip him to the left,

Control holds working to pin. 


Son

Sailed to 

Ithaca

With Athena's 

Winds, avoided an

Ambush planned by suitors,

Headed to the swineherd's farm,



In

Control,

You rocked his

Shoulders to mat

For pin, opponent, 

In shock, slow to stand up,

Coach raised your hand as winner.


From

Top, swing

To side, right

Elbow around

His neck, left behind 

His right knee, head in side,

Pressure elbows together.


On

The run

Stranger read

Zeus's message,

Sent off with crew mate,

Odysseus stayed with 

Swineherd, learned his enslavement.


You

Slowly 

Peeled off your 

Sweat soaked singlet,

Grabbed a towel, headed

To showers where wrestlers'

Friendly faces looked the same.


With

Hands clasped,

Elbows locked, 

Roll onto right

Elbow to your right

Shoulder, his back toward mat,

Hook his left leg with left leg. 


Dogs

Wagged tails,

Swineherd ran,

Wept at return,

Telemachus asked

About mother, stranger,

Odysseus kept disguise.


Framed

Photo

Downstairs showed

Wrestler on his

Singlet name tape, back 

Row, third from left, looking 

Confident, muscular build.


Chest

On his

Back, move right,

Cup right elbow 

Across his chin, grab

His left elbow, left arm

Under his left knee, pull in.


Wand

Transformed

Stranger to

Odysseus,

Son met his father,

Revenge against suitors 

Plotted, change back to beggar.


Dressed

For class

In navy

Blazer, chinos,

Spit polished penny

Loafers, coach right behind 

You when you exited gym.



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