The New City
Laila Kayyali
steel:
now an
upward
swarm.
iridescent
with unnatural
life.
you: little,
timid,
drifting,
carried
through
space for seconds,
nervous when
in flight.
a
sigh
and to the east
you look
in mirrored windows
at the sun’s
red reflection,
setting.
Laila Kayyali
Laila Kayyali
Laila Kayyali is a senior at New York University originally from Amman, Jordan. She is completing her bachelor’s degree in Media, Culture and Communication with minors in both Creative Writing and Documentary. Laila is a Poetry Editor at NYU’s literary journal, West 10th, and tutors students at the Writing Center. Her simple pleasures include reading the Modern Love column in the New York Times and completing the Mini Crossword.