(New) Book Four

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.


In

Partnered 

Drill, yours bowed 

His head, kept 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,

Untucked, fell, baring your chest.


On

Bottom,

Slide feet from 

Opponent, hold

His right hand, raise right 

Leg to toes, push into 

Him until seated on him. 


Zeus,

Meanwhile,

Sent Hermes

To Calypso,

Told her to release 

Him, Odysseus sent

With water, wine, food, and clothes.


In

Showers,

You glimpsed your

Partner from the 

Side, lathering his 

Chest, legs; when he turned, 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.


Tools

Supplied,

Raft crafted,

Odysseus 

Set sail by stars, land

Glimpsed, Poseidon spotted

Him, raised waves, wind: raft capsized.


Your

Partner

Among those

Lined up by scale,

His towel tossed on a

Nearby bench, patiently

Waiting as wrestlers checked weights.


On

Bottom,

Grab hand on

Waist, tighten hold,

Raise left knee, lean right,

Roll him across your back

To back, left hand grabs right leg.


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. 


Winds

Calmed by

Athena,

Odysseus 

Swam past cliffs to a

River, emerged, naked,

Sought shelter under bushes.


You 

Ceded

Control to

Bottom's actions,

Declined to resist 

When pulled across his back,

Landing on yours with legs spread.




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