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The Spill
Black Gold
Linda Wasserman
Linda Wasserman, a Pensacola resident, is a local writer and the owner, publisher, and editor of Pelican Press of Pensacola. Over the last several years she has published three books of poetry by Northwest Florida’s former Poet Laureate, Henry Langhorne—The Clarity of Last Things, As Fate Would Have It, and In the Country or Rain, as well as a children’s book by Eileen Mary Wisdom—Harry Meets Mathilda. She can be reached at pelicanpost@cox.net.
The Black Gold called — and
treasure hunters searched,
followed maps,
and dug their holes.
The Black Gold gushed — after
treasure hunters found
“X” and dug
the holes deeper.
The Black Gold spilled — when
treasure hunters built
rigs and hired
men to work
and then to die
in pieces in
an oily sea.
The Black Gold spread — and
treasure hunters searched
for tarballs
on Gulf beaches.
The Black Gold dispersed — as
treasure hunters found
a true gold:
nature and sand.
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