the reporter said i cannot report what was said it did not go well
the little hawk said i was flying right over the bombs
the butterfly said i was about to be immortalized in embroidery
                  when the embroiderer was vaporized
the vaporized woman said no one is listening
the conversation did not go well

please you could hear in the background please please please please
but you could not hear it up front
up front there was rudeness up front there were a million rules
don't say it this way don't say it that way a million rules at least
and the conversation was not going well

the woman in the wide white hat said i must go home now i cannot stay
the woman in charge of the woman in the wide white hat said no you cannot
the man married to the woman who wanted to leave wanted
                  to have a conversation with the woman in charge
                  of all white hats but was told he could not
it wasn't appropriate
so he talked to the woman he was married to but she was listening
                  to a strange white bird and did not hear him
in that sense he did not feel the conversation had gone very well

the bird said no we've all got the willies
we will not be building nests this year
there will be no more baby birds for the crows to prey on
there will be no more baby birds to fall out of the nest
the birds said we have the chills we need warm coats
                  we need little blue mufflers
the man said i cannot hear the birds i don't know what they are saying
they should stop trying to talk to me now and go build some nests
the conversation just did not go well

the old woman said i am dying i want to talk to the birds
the doctor said here let us just remove this white spot from your skin
the woman said no that is a wide white hat that is not a spot
                  and i want to die with my white spot
intact
the doctor began again to say no and was interrupted by the bird
who flew in the hospital window and was shooed out by the broom of the janitor
in no sense did the conversation go well

the woman in the war-world office and the soldier and the mother
the reporter the little hawk the butterfly the embroiderer
                  the vaporized woman
the woman in the wide white hat and the woman in charge of her
                  and the man married to her
the bird who had the willies the baby birds the crows the man
                  who could not hear them
the old woman the doctor the bird who flew in the hospital window the janitor