Ed was at the end of his rope, an he detested "There is no rope", he would scream at the walls There is the end, no hope, no rope is better than mending Doors of perception, of opportunity These are illusions like the floor
Ed spoke in a whiny voice With perhaps a slight of glee But this was because he couldn't be bothered To try to a manner of speaking That truly reflected his
This is a vaccum, there is no air in room Despair is no fun Nihilism knocked times on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn inserted themselves In the nose of unfulfilled
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the darkness came, went home I was ready, else was asleep
And while it might have been a to see I was right all along Here I am still, alone and Awaiting the end
And I can turn it all And laugh at it and at myself I can laugh than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder than Charles De Gaul or Fulton
But I don't know I'm laughing at I know just what I think is so goddamn funny I know why I don't just shut up And up and lay down and die
"What do I have to complain anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This actually true Ed's was an obvious forgery
His Rothkos had just been singled out In an article in 'Art forum' Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara had been irreparably damaged By Rein and a few other bands from Gainesville refused to acknowledge the value of art
"Come to of it", Ed mused To the laminated roadkill coffee table that he had When times had slightly less bleak "Come to think of it, not only does art no intrinsic value But my collection has no value either"
"I know I'm not a But that's no reason to There is no reason to There is no to do anything"
"I don't in reason, objective reality or collective farming I don't believe in public Which is another reason why I'm alone I don't believe in life or I would myself but I don't believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red and took a quick walk around the block While softly to himself He reentered his screaming "There is no life on planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life with machinery centuries ago The so-called Industrial Was just another and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all to, even I fell for it I believe in the engine Even I don't believe in anything"
Logical inconsistency is the Mr. I bathe in and every evening, except for yesterday evening When I bladed over to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle with Pope John Paul the I had no choice in the matter"
Ed could go on and on And he did, and he would and he Until you or I or somebody does about it Senator Sterno of Announced over closed circuit And as long as he continues to pointlessly I will do
Ed walked away from the program feeling and stapled His brain was buzzing, the way it always did just after He loaded up the bus with atlases and poseidons And headed for County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, Italian cross references and laundry lists of nonsense I drive without a license, without clothing, without direction"
"And if I it to Arkansas, fine And if I'm running late, if I'm running a game It doesn't matter, I shall on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I shall keep on Because a body in motion tends to emotional And better to feel, pain is better than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is than this"