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If Vesuvius Knew
For those who set their vineyards on the slopes of a volcano,
Trusting in repose of placid earth and limpid sky:
What if Vesuvius knew and only waited to be opportune?
The day after Vulcanalia, with everyone still drunk,
“We have been ambushed by the gods,” they could cry and blame the sky
Or fires in earth, or destiny: not themselves.
Suzanne Sykora has been an attorney in New York and teacher of English in Germany. To date she has placed
141 poems in the small press or on the web, most recently with House of Horror, Abandoned Towers,
the anthology Back in Five Minutes, Eight Clouds,*Niteblade, Tales of the Talisman, StarLine,
Abyss & Apex, the Harrow and the Barbaric Yawp.* This year one poem got nominated for the Rhysling Award.
Email: Suzanne Sykora
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