Ed was at the end of his rope, an expression he "There is no rope", he would scream at the walls There is only the end, no hope, no Ending is than mending Doors of perception, windows of These are illusions like the killing
Ed spoke in a whiny voice perhaps a slight tinge of glee But this was only because he couldn't be To try to a manner of speaking That reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, there is no air in room Despair is no fun knocked three 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, everybody home I was ready, everyone else was
And it might have been 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 at it and laugh at myself I can laugh than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder Charles De Gaul or Fulton Mall
But I don't know I'm laughing at I don't 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 to complain about anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This wasn't actually Ed's Picasso was an forgery
His three Rothkos had just been out In an article in 'Art entitled Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had irreparably damaged By Rein Sanction and a few other bands Gainesville refused to acknowledge the value of art
"Come to of it", Ed mused To the laminated roadkill table that he had purchased When had seemed 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 to complain is no reason to complain There is no to do anything"
"I don't believe in reason, objective reality or farming I don't in public speaking Which is reason why I'm here alone I believe in life or death I would myself but I don't believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk around the whistling softly to himself He reentered his screaming "There is no life on planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all with machinery five centuries ago The so-called Revolution Was just hoax and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all programmed to, I fell for it I believe in the steam Even though I don't in anything"
Logical inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I in Each and every evening, for yesterday evening When I roller bladed to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle with Pope Paul the First I really had no in the matter"
Ed certainly go on and on And he did, and he and he will Until you or I or does something about it Senator Sterno of Announced closed circuit television And as long as he continues to pointlessly I will do
Ed walked away the program feeling fortified and stapled His was buzzing, the way it always did just after 'Jeopardy' He up the micro bus with atlases and poseidons And headed for Pope
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, Italian Meaningless cross references and laundry of nonsense I drive without a license, without clothing, without direction"
"And if I it to Arkansas, fine And if I'm late, if I'm running a numbers game It matter, I shall keep on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I shall keep on a body in motion tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, pain is better emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is better than this"