Book Ten

On

Stomach,

Raise left knee,

Hip, shoulder to

Side sit, right elbow 

On mat, ending up in 

Bottom starting position.


Rags

Ripped off,

Nude beggar

Shot next arrow 

Through Antinous' neck,

Suitors, alarmed, failed to 

Recognise Odysseus.


Coach

Moved back,

You stepped down,

Turned to face him,

He acknowledged your

Recent achievements, asked

About diet, skin issues.


In

Neutral 

Position,

Drop level, left

Knee to mat, right knee 

Up, penetrate between 

His legs, neutral, back to back.


Blame

Placed on

Antinous

Dismissed, suitors

Slain, Telemachus 

Took arms, storeroom, not locked,

Melanthius armed suitors.


Two

Fourth form 

Boys caught by

Prefect having 

Sex while dorm empty:

Most boys at Saturday 

Night film, rumours traveled fast.


Stand

Behind 

Partner, hands

On his hips in

Bottom position,

When he circles left, right,

Stay behind him, same level.


The

Traitor 

Captured, hands,

Feet bound behind,

Strung from storeroom beam,

Athena, recognised

By Odysseus, appeared.


One

Boy, sent

Home that night,

Instigator,

Other boy stayed on,

His name, common knowledge,

On varsity wrestling team.


Two

Wrestlers

Stand facing 

Each other, hands

Gripped, one arches back,

Lowers his head to mat,

Feet flat, pulled up, repeated.


Six

Spears launched,

Deflected 

By Athena,

Spears slaughtered suitors,

Priest; poet, house boy spared,

Twelve soiled slave girls sent to clean.


Prep

School league 

Tournament 

Morning weigh-in,

Visiting wrestlers,

Coaches, team managers

Occupied all gym bleachers.


Place

Partner's 

Left leg in

Crotch, between legs,

Left side of head on

His back, bend knees, grip his

Waist, lift him, straightening legs.


Shamed 

Slave girls 

Hung as group,

Traitor's nose, ears,

Hands, feet, genitals 

Cut off, fire, sulphur 

Fumigated the palace.


All

Wrestlers

Stripped naked,

Lined up by weight 

Class, card in one hand, 

Regardless of school, stepped 

On scales, stepped off for skin check.


Stand,

Back to

Partner's front,

His hands around

Waist, grip his wrists, drop

Level, break hold, pull one

Arm up, one down, rotate hips.


Nurse

Woke wife,

Reluctant 

To believe in

Husband's return, ruse

Of wedding to cover 

Murders, bed move test proved truth.


You

Joined line

During first

Tournament, eyes

Roamed across gym, hands

Hung down, kept from body 

In front, brushed by hands behind.


















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