Forms of Figure 5

I stumbled across a poem by William Carlos Williams the other day that reminded me of a Charles Demuth painting on a postcard Kathleen had once given me...when I looked up the painting, I discovered it was directly inspired by the poem (but you probably already knew that, Kathleen?)!

The Great Figure

"The Figure 5 in Gold" by Charles Demuth

by William Carlos Williams

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.