William Carlos Williams - The Great Figure

The Great Figure Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold

on a red garage

and beside it in some way, a red a gold

and white fire truck

as it pounded through the dark streets.

With the vague

traffic of the time

and the rain

and the lights

and the flashing light of day around the truck

and on the rain and the gold

among the lights

I saw the mystery

and beauty yellowed

and dark.

These a flight of fancy.

This was joy.

All of a sudden,

all of a sudden

it pours and the geometry of my dreams

adds another indicator.

Precisely what I imagined

being crushed yet loving still.