I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold. Charles Demuth (American, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1883–1935 Lancaster, Pennsylvania). 1928. Oil, graphite, ink, and gold leaf on paperboard (Upson board)
35 1/2 x 30 in. (90.2 x 76.2 cm). Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 902. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art open access.
Figure 5
As the multi-colored twinkle
of tree lights receded
and hazy winter sun
warmed day to spring
I saw the figure 5
on a calendar
for the new year
with its wishful
wanting to be
less capricious
than the one we drank
and sang away.
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