as orders taken, given. your hands
across my escalating
surface. unrolling
her

slight

resistance. as

i grow dependent on the flow
and pressure. here, faint
ridges. your soft uneven. catch,
drag,

time,

deposit. yours

until lazy again. until we depart,
until we let loose

the battle. they had
been born into Potidaea.


//

slight

until we depart
until we let loose
the battle

they had been born
into Potidaea

(her) this very moment they were (surfeit)
by this(her) those having learned it(her)

// 153β

Ὀλίγον

δὲ πρὶν ἡμᾶς ἀπιέναι
μάχη

ἐγεγόνει
ἐν τῇ Ποτειδαίᾳ

ἣν ἄρτι ἦσαν οἱ
τῇδε πεπυσμένοι