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William Carlos Williams
17 September 1883 – 4 March 1963 / New Jersey
The Great Figure
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Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
moving
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city.
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