First off, I could not help but notice to design and style of the poem. The poem is a single sentence, with no more than three or four words per line. This single sentence, however, is not simple. It contains incredible imagery, mostly attacking the reader’s senses of sight and sound. Yet, as much as this sentence provides, there is still much left to the reader’s imagination. Based on the information given, we can deduce some things pertaining to the situation of the poem. The figure, which is the focal point of the poem, is a number 5. These numbers on firetrucks represent the ladder of which the vehicle belongs to. So in this case, the truck belongs to ladder 5, which is located at 227 Ave. of the Americas, the Lower West side. From this, along with other information given in the poem, the reader can mentally create a setting for themselves.