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“Antigone”

By: Bowie Zeng
My family is like ashes
The wind blows and it scatters
Curses make the dead restless, putting the living in torment
My brothers all come from the same family
A twisted family
I could not stand by and watch Polynices’s corpse become a bird's or beast’s breakfast
Burying him was the last thing I could do as a sister and an aunt
We may meet again soon
But Ismene is part of my family, too
My sister and my niece Ismene cautioned me not to break the city’s laws
I know it's risky
I wouldn't force her to be like me and I wouldn't undertake her guilt later
I do what I do alone
Creon's heart is made of iron
He won't admit that his reproachfulness is wrong
I should have known the price of courage
I had nothing left to do in this world, anyway
I should have taken control of my own fate
Such a death would be glorious
But it should not, will not end my devotion to my family