{"id":116,"date":"2016-10-05T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T02:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/like-heskeths-library-all-outside\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T03:36:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T02:36:00","slug":"like-heskeths-library-all-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/like-heskeths-library-all-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Hesketh’s Library (All Outside)"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIKE HESKETH’S LIBRARY<\/span><\/b>
\n(ALL OUTSIDE)<\/span><\/b>
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel Coventry August 1970<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\nYou let me be<\/span>
\nwho I wanted to be<\/span>
\nThough I wasn’t really him<\/span>
\nAnd I know it.<\/span>
\nI thought I was a poet.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\nI took you round the streets that were kissed by the grey<\/span>
\nand with the blast of my breath, I blew off the dust.,<\/span>
\nto reveal a colourful city.<\/span>
\nThe way that I spoke, looking back it’s a joke<\/span>
\nbrought the lifeless to life.<\/span>
\nThe cars all had smiles on their faces<\/span>
\nand the buildings were dressed in party best.<\/span>
\nAnd the cobblestones all kissed our feet and sang of summer loves.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\nStatues were riding on see through beasts<\/span>
\nand the trees were all dancing at a barbecue feast.<\/span>
\nand the local coat of arms displayed her charms<\/span>
\nwalking in the nude at the swimming pool.<\/span>
\nwhilst the cropped haired broomsticks were standing erect on the stairs.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\nI tried to be<\/span><\/i>
\nwho I wanted to be<\/span><\/i>
\nBut I just couldn’t keep it up.<\/span><\/i>
\nAnd now I know it<\/span><\/i>
\nso I just had to throw it.<\/span><\/i>
\n
<\/span>
\nWhen I first saw you, you were crouched in a pot hole of dejection<\/span>
\nI approached you carefully and sought to bring about your resurrection.<\/span>
\nSo I went to the trouble of oiling the cogs of my imagination.<\/span>
\nlater that day we made a date but by the time<\/span>
\nit was half past eight, you knew I had stood you up<\/span>
\nfor reasons sense couldn’t make to you.<\/span>
\nI tell you it’s because though you thought I was great<\/span>
\nI wasn’t anything but fake<\/span>
\nI’m just one of the drab nest you heard me slate<\/span>
\nbut thanks for<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\nLetting me be<\/span>
\nwho I wanted to be<\/span>
\nAlthough I couldn’t keep it up<\/span>
\nand now I show it.<\/span>
\nIt hurt to have to throw it.<\/span>
\nLike Hesketh’s library all outside,<\/span>
\nI suppose you might say I took myself for a ride.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LIKE HESKETH’S LIBRARY (ALL OUTSIDE) \u00a9Trev Teasdel Coventry August 1970 You let me be who I wanted to be Though I wasn’t really him And I know it. I thought I was a poet. I took you round the streets … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}