(New) Book Twelve

Stand,

Chest on 

Partner's side,

Hands around his

Waist, drop down, lift him,

Twist from hips, right shoulder 

In his back, take him to mat.


Wife

With her

Husband now

Reunited,

What Tiresias 

Foretold, travels with oar,

Long journey home recap shared.


Your

Eyes caught 

Eyes of boy

From weekend tryst,

Pulling up singlets,

Fingers occupied with 

Directional adjustments.


In

Standing 

Position,

Overhook his

Left arm, under hook

His right, he has reverse,

Move heads, feet for both under.


King,

Son, and

Herdsmen arm

Themselves, goddess

Hid them in darkness 

For escape from city,

Hermes led suitors' spirits.


First 

Match in

Tournament,

Opponent dropped 

Down, grabbed your leg, you

Fell back, swung around, top,

Cross-faced perpendicular.


In

Bottom 

Position,

Roll from left side 

Up onto shoulders,

With knees bent, upside down 

Sit, reverse roll direction.


Ghosts

Reached Hell,

Achilles',

Agamemnon's

Spirits detailed deaths,

Amphimedon questioned

How youths sent down in a group.


His

Left leg,

Chin locked, you

Flipped him over,

Your left leg across 

His right leg, your right knee 

Into side, cradled to pin.


Right

Knee on 

Mat, left leg

Spread out, right arm

Between partner's legs,

Hand on his right thigh, left

Hand secured partner's right arm.


Son, 

Tested

Laertes

With lies, showed scar,

Admitted killing 

Suitors, Athena changed

Father, surprised Dolius.


On

Bottom,

Boy from tryst

Grabbed opponent's 

Right wrist with right hand,

Pulled it across his waist,

Raised his left leg, right elbow.


Turn

Left to

Flip partner's 

Back to mat, roll,

Right angle, until 

Back across partner's chest,

Control right thigh, arm, to pin.


News

Of sons'

Murders spread,

Bodies buried,

Eupeithes calls for 

Arms, Halitherses for 

Peace, Medon warns of gods' will. 


He

Flips his

Opponent 

Onto his back,

His left arm between 

Legs, right arm held, right leg

Grabbed, backs weight on chest to pin.


Stand

Behind 

Partner, hands

Clasped around his

Waist, left knee pressed in 

Thigh to knock off balance,

Lift him, stomach down on mat.


Two 

Armed groups 

Met, spear thrown

By Laertes

Pierced Eupeithes dead,

Athena demanded

End, Zeus sent thunder bolt sign.


You

High-five 

Boy from tryst

In victory,

Singlets adjusted,

Acknowledged by teammates,

Coach as match winning wrestlers.



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