Hat Shaped Hat

In walked a man in the shape of a man
 Holding a hat-shaped hat
 He held up two fingers and said 'how many fingers? "
 And I said 'peace man, that's where it's at"
 I said you are what you do in order to
 Prevent becoming what you're busy not doing
 And if you do do it truly
 Then you arrive at it newly
 Then in the end you are absolved
 And the problem of heaven is solved
 And the man broke into a smile,
 Like he was breaking into a song
 And he was broken and smiling
 And I was singing along
 And we agreed completely agreetly about most things
 'til the sun set sweetly
 Like it does in those paintings
 The ones they hang in hotel rooms
 The ones they bolt to the wall
 As though anyone would want to steal them at all
 We talked like children without breathing
 'til I stopped this lady as she was leaving
 And I said 'excuse me,
 But do you know what time it would be
 If we were on mars? '
 And she held up her hand
 Like a crossing guard stopping the cars
 And she said
 Five in the morning
 In walked a man
 In the shape of a man
 Holding a hat shaped hat