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I Chose To Run

I CHOSE TO RUN

I’d always been an extrovert,
Performed on the amateur stage.
But now I thought the time had come
To turn another page.
Time to turn professional,
To shed off inhibition.
So there I was in the darkened wings,
Awaiting my audition.
“Next,” the director shouted,
“We haven’t got all day,”
And that was when I lost my nerve
And turned and ran away.

Looking back I wonder
How my life would have been
If I had walked out on that stage
And acted out my scene.
By now I’d be a household name,
Famous near and far.
Everywhere my name in lights,
A stage and movie star,
Posing for selfies with my fans,
Signing autographs galore.
Going through a third divorce,
The press camped at my door

But, of course, that’s all a pipe dream,
Because I chose to run.
Like Dolly I’m working nine to five
And I’m still with wife number one 

26th October 2022
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