The Great Figure

Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
fire truck
moving
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city 


William Carlos Williams 

 

 


Charles Henry Demuth (1883-1935), I Saw the Figure Five in Gold

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.