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Bolton's Talented Guy

Guy starred at the Octagon,
when he was just a lad,
and all the reviews.
in the Bolton News,
said that he wasn’t too bad.

His mum said it was destiny, 
his dad said it was karma,
when Guy got his kicks, 
down the A666,
at Salford studying drama.

From the Exchange to the Everyman,
he took the stage by storm, 
the London critics,
even the cynics,
queued up to watch him perform.
 
“Bolton’s talented Guy” they cried,
and followed the rising star,
but he couldn’t forget,
when offered Hamlet,
his dad thought they meant a cigar.
 
Guy knew he’d finally made it,
his mum wept tears of delight,
when she jumped for joy,
with news that her boy,
would turn on the Blackpool lights.

Copyright © Martin Challender

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