Ed was at the end of his rope, an he detested "There is no rope", he would at the laughing walls There is the end, no hope, no rope Ending is better than of perception, windows of opportunity These are illusions like the floor
Ed spoke in a squeaky whiny With perhaps a slight tinge of But was only because he couldn't be bothered To try to a manner of speaking That reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, is no air in this room Despair is no fun Nihilism three times on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn always inserted In the of unfulfilled promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the came, everybody went home I was ready, everyone else was
And while it might have a relief 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 De Gaul or Fulton Mall
But I don't know I'm laughing at I know just what I think is so goddamn funny I don't why I don't just shut up And up and lay down and die
"What do I have to about anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" wasn't actually true Ed's was an obvious forgery
His Rothkos had just been singled out In an article in forum' entitled 'The Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had been damaged By Sanction and a few other bands from Gainesville That refused to the value of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the laminated coffee table that he had purchased When times had seemed slightly less "Come to think of it, not only does art no intrinsic value But my collection has no extrinsic either"
"I I'm not a millionaire But that's no reason to is no reason to complain There is no to do anything"
"I believe in reason, objective reality or collective farming I don't in public speaking Which is another why I'm here alone I don't believe in life or I would kill myself but I don't in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk the block whistling softly to himself He his apartment screaming "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One all life with machinery five centuries ago The so-called Revolution Was just another and we all fell for it 'Cause we all programmed to, even I fell for it I in the steam engine Even though I believe in anything"
Logical is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in and every evening, except for yesterday evening When I roller bladed over to the Masonic To play pinochle with John Paul the First I had no choice in the matter"
Ed certainly go on and on And he did, and he would and he Until you or I or somebody something about it Senator of Louisiana Announced closed circuit television And as long as he to pontificate pointlessly I do nothing
Ed walked from the program feeling fortified and stapled His brain was buzzing, the way it always did just after He up the micro bus with atlases and poseidons And for Pope County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, Italian Meaningless references and laundry lists of nonsense I shall drive without a license, without clothing, direction"
"And if I make it to Arkansas, And if I'm running late, if I'm running a numbers It matter, I shall keep on running"
"Yes, is the answer, this is the ending, I shall keep on running a body in motion tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, pain is than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and is better than this"