a brief vignette "made up of variations on a two-bar ostinato figure," in which the protagonist goes about a carefree morning. "The Dangling Conversation" concerns a dying relationship, but Garfunkel disliked the song, feeling it pretentious. In contrast to its earlier appearance on The Paul Simon Songbook, "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall" appears here as a "folk combo that produces a bright, almost bluegrass sound". "A Simple Desultory Philippic" is a "satirical rant about the singer's confrontations with a wide variety of pop-culture personalities and phenomena". In the song, Simon vocally imitates Bob Dylan, as well as his harmonica interjections. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" has sometimes been thought to be named after poet Emily Dickinson. Simon later explained that "For Emily" is not about an imaginary girl Emily, but about the belief in true love, while the song "Overs" (from the album Bookends) is about the loss of that belief. While other songs, such as "The Sound of Silence", had taken months for Simon to complete writing, others, such as "For Emily", were written in a single night. "A Poem on the Underground Wall" largely revolves around a man creating graffiti on a sign in a subway station, with Simon also bringing into play "a variety of visceral and religious images". "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a sound collage consisting of the duo singing "Silent Night" in two-part harmony over an arpeggiated piano part while a news report plays. "The result rather bluntly makes an ironic commentary on various social ills by juxtaposing them with tenderly expressed Christmas sentiments." The simulated newscast was voiced by Charlie O'Donnell, then a radio disc jockey. Cover artwork Shot by photographer Bob Cato, the cover depicts Simon & Garfunkel in a flower garden. "Artie is sprawled in jeans and a royal blue sweater, while Paul rises just behind, the modern poet-troubadour clad in cambric and shadow," wrote Peter Ames Carlin in Simon's biography, Homeward Bound. The original back cover of the LP includes an essay by music critic Ralph J. Gleason. Songwriting credit disputes There were some copyright disputes about the album's contents. "Cloudy" was co-written by Bruce Woodley, who did not initially receive credit upon the album's release. He still collected royalty payments for the song, but was not listed as an official writer as Simon "needed" it to be credited to him alone. Martin Carthy, who had first