On the Stand
I’ve yet to recall
Where it was
Or when it happened first in time-
That penultimate
Three hundred sixty degree vision of mine
Visited so long ago
Upon my yearning to know
What it would be like
To stand before thousands
And sing what was on my heart
Through a sound system
That was state of the art
There we were
Locked in the subtle embrace
Of perfect focus
Filling hungry ears
With a lawful overdose of Man’s joyous feedback
Love’s song
‘Show Biz’
They called it
In the slang
When we sang
On the stand
We called it the field of the Spirit
That invisible exchange of AWE-RIGHTS!
Between angels and other multitudes
Who also delight
In pursuing the pure golden radiance
Of nonsexual lovemaking
On the stand
And when
At the end
They gave us a hand
I remembered where and when
Again
On the stand
John Christopher
1987
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