This city sparkles

Like the siren-colored

Street lights

On a dark, lonely night

Like the smiles

On strangers faces

As they walk past one another

Like the freshly laid

Black pavement

Steaming hot

From the sun

This city sparkles

Like the snow

On a bitter,

Cold winter night

Like the gleam of

The glass windows

Lined down these

Crowded city streets

Like the lake

Glistening and swaying

In the middle

Of busy Central Park

This city sparkles

Like the burning stars

On an empty,

Moonless night

Like the spotlights

On the stage

At the infamous

Broadway theatre

Like the twinkle

In the dresses

That you see

Walking down 5th Avenue

This city sparkles