They were a Roving Band of Lovers <br />kissing hands <br />smiling and winking. <br /> <br />They bowed to old ladies on the streets <br />over-tipped waiters <br />gave young girls flowers <br />for no reason. <br /> <br />They never cried; <br />stood on tip-toe <br />and invited people <br />to see Infinity; <br />did dances in the streets <br />and little plays in the subways; <br /> <br />carried around little cookie trays <br />made music with harmonicas. <br /> <br />They were a Little Band of Roving Lovers <br />who made strangers <br />the Stars <br />of little Street Plays <br />asking <br />'Madam who would you like to be <br />a star? an astronaut, a great leader? <br />and then they would produce the prop <br />and act the play <br />where instantly <br />the dream would be <br />and street stranger <br />would miraculously <br />become the Dream They Had Dreamed. <br />while others looked on. <br /> <br />Singers <br />bad, good or worse <br />had the audience to join in <br />and all songs sound good when sung in crowds. <br /> <br />For True Love's Wish <br />they produced a Satin Heart <br />which they passed round the crowd <br />where each person gave the heart <br />a tiny touch; <br /> <br />assuring that True Love would come <br />in time to its recipient. <br /> <br />They were a roving Band of Lovers <br />Loose on the City Streets. <br />They were both Real <br />and Fantasy.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-roving-band-of-lovers/
