The Figure Five in Gold

among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
moving
with weight and urgency
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city






Today's feature is dedicated to the brave firemen of New York.

(poem by William Carlos Williams (1919), painting by Charles Demuth (1929) collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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