Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Figure 5

For today, 5/5. This painting, by Charles DeMuth, and this poem, by William Carlos Williams:

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.

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