Author: William Carlos William
©1921

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

Note: This poem inspired Charles Dumuth’s painting I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold 

I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
Painted by Charles Demuth