poem by Sheena Thomson from Lanark and is based on a story by Sheena McPhail from Carluke

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Visit to the Theatre

Anticipation:

Sweaty palms, heart pounding,

Stomach in knots,

Nervous!

Excited to see “Fame” at the King’s!

Julie Roberts in “Pretty Woman”!

A young child tucked up in bed

Waiting for Santa. – That was me!

Breathtaking grandeur,

Red velour rows, high balconies.

Gold on stage side.

Lights, music. Curtain up.

I gazed in awe, laughed, cried

Real tears.

I’d thought the theatre

Was not for me.

But I was wrong.

I’ll go again and again;

Just give me the chance.

Sheena Thomson

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