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Antigone

Ed Meek

Others lied and deceived but you believed.

You’d lost one brother to another;

when he lay slain you chose between

the laws of the King and what you saw

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as higher law.  And for your pains

what did you receive? No personal gain—

death at the hands of Creon, the King.

While your betrothed--Creon’s son,

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so bereaved, having lost a wife

took his own life.  Today,

you almost seem naive and yet

we pay homage to you, Antigone.

Others lied and deceived

but you believed what you believed.