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THE GREAT FIGURE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: AMONG THE RAIN
Last Line: THROUGH THE DARK CITY.
Subject(s): FIRE;
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.



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