Knowest thou what ill there is?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ismene, sister, mine own dear sister, knowest thou what ill\u00a0there is, of all bequeathed by Oedipus, that Zeus fulfils not for us twain\u00a0while we live? Nothing painful is there, nothing fraught with ruin, no\u00a0shame, no dishonour, that I have not seen in thy woes and\u00a0mine.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
Antigone works to wake her sister:<\/p>\n
It\u2019s bad, honey. We\u2019ve been done wrong.<\/p>\n
Knowest thou what ill there is?<\/p>\n
Clouds lowering from a sky not theirs.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The sister glowering: she wants (she needs)<\/p>\n
a date with her boyfriend<\/p>\n
who doesn\u2019t like it when she\u2019s late.<\/p>\n
Knowest thou what ill? Only half kidding.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Because sis is no dumbo. Antigone has<\/p>\n
a point, like any obsessed\u00a0sermonizer.<\/span><\/p>\n
Yes, ill\u2019s gone down again (again!).<\/p>\n
But knowest thou how ill A\u2019s ranting is?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It razors through the sky no longer theirs,<\/p>\n
a long broad arc from a father\u2019s crime.<\/p>\n
Who wants to track it to the well? Knowest thou<\/p>\n
what ill there is? Your ill, she means. Wake up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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