TRANSMISSION #89-7: AGENT COO-47 ON DECODING AVIAN LAUNCH CODES (WITH PSA RE: CLASSIFIED BREAD, SANITIZED BY CROW)
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[Intro] (tape hiss, dial-up screech, distant cooing) Agent Coo-47, log on, 1989 Public-access channel 3, scrambled, but I'm fine [Verse 1] This is Agent Coo-47, beak to the wire Every backyard sparrow is a live choir But the melody's a cipher, the trill is a key A five-note sequence, launch trajectory You hear a robin? That's a ping for the silo The blue jay's scolding is a countdown in stego I'm perched on a satellite dish, feathers fluffed Reading encrypted tweets from a mourning dove's huff Coo-bop, the frequency splits the cloud Doot-doot, the hum is a missile shroud Chirp chirp, the finch just gave a grid coordinate I'm a pigeon, I'm a node, I'm a public-record surrogate [Chorus] Coo-bop, doot-doot, chirp chirp, decode the code Break the bird song, let the launch codes explode Boom-bap break, the 808s stutter and load Your backyard is a hotline, the pigeon is the node Coo-bop, doot-doot, chirp chirp, the flock is on the grid Every whistling tit is a classified mid Public-access static, the signal is a lid Agent Coo-47, the broadcast can't be rid [Verse 2] We interrupt this broadcast for a mandatory PSA From the Bureau of Avian Affairs, okay? Do not, I repeat, do not feed the ducks Any bread that's stamped with redacted shucks Classified crumbs, the mallards are a vector You toss a baguette, you're a nuclear lector The geese have a gag order, the swans are a cipher Feeding them a croissant makes the blast radius wider This has been a PSA, I'm legally required To say the bread is baked with a yield that's dire [Chorus] Coo-bop, doot-doot, chirp chirp, decode the code Break the bird song, let the launch codes explode Boom-bap break, the 808s stutter and load Your backyard is a hotline, the pigeon is the node Coo-bop, doot-doot, chirp chirp, the flock is on the grid Every whistling tit is a classified mid Public-access static, the signal is a lid Agent Coo-47, the broadcast can't be rid [Bridge] (glitchy, reversed audio, then a clear crow caw) And now, a contradictory disclaimer: This message has been sanitized for your protection (Wiretap static) The sanitizer is a crow Caw-caw, the redaction has feathers Your truth is a nest, I'm a nest re-arranger Coo-bop, the affidavit is a murder of crows Doot-doot, the paragraph screams and it shows [Outro] (beat decays into tape wow, pigeon coos echo, a final crow caw loops) Broadcast ends, the pigeon preens The coordinates are in the static between the scenes Coo-bop, doot-doot, chirp chirp, forever Agent Coo-47, over and out, the signal's severed (The sanitizer flies off, the bread is a dream)
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TRANSMISSION #89-7: AGENT COO-47 ON DECODING AVIAN LAUNCH CODES (WITH PSA RE: CLASSIFIED BREAD, SANITIZED BY CROW)
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