“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.”

—  William Carlos Williams, book Sour Grapes

"The Great Figure"
Sour Grapes (1921)

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