Ed was at the end of his rope, an he detested "There is no rope", he scream at the laughing walls There is only the end, no hope, no Ending is better than Doors of perception, of opportunity These are illusions like the floor
Ed spoke in a whiny voice perhaps a slight tinge of glee But this was only because he be bothered To try to develop a manner of That truly his mood
is a vaccum, there is no air in this room Despair is no fun Nihilism knocked three times on the But the rosy fingers of always inserted themselves In the nose of promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas danced in the all day But when the darkness came, went home I was ready, else was asleep
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 it all around And at it and laugh at myself I can laugh louder than the walls, the halls, the Louder than Charles De or Fulton Mall
But I don't what I'm laughing at I don't know just what I think is so 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 Picasso was an obvious forgery
His three had just been singled out In an article in 'Art forum' 'The Three Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had irreparably damaged By Rein Sanction and a few other from Gainesville refused to acknowledge the value of art
"Come to of it", Ed mused To the laminated roadkill coffee that he had purchased When times had seemed slightly bleak "Come to think of it, not only art have no intrinsic value But my collection has no extrinsic either"
"I I'm not a millionaire But no reason to complain is no reason to complain There is no to do anything"
"I don't believe in reason, reality or collective farming I don't believe in public Which is reason why I'm here alone I believe in life or death I would kill myself but I don't in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and a quick walk around the block While whistling to himself He reentered his screaming "There is no life on planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life machinery five centuries ago The so-called Industrial Was just another and we all fell for it 'Cause we all programmed to, even I fell for it I believe in the steam Even I don't believe in anything"
Logical is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in Each and every evening, for yesterday evening When I bladed over to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle Pope 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 does about it Senator Sterno of over closed circuit television And as as he continues to pontificate pointlessly I do nothing
Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and His was buzzing, the way it always did just after 'Jeopardy' 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, neorealism Meaningless cross and laundry lists of nonsense I drive without a license, without clothing, without direction"
"And if I make it to Arkansas, And if I'm running late, if I'm running a numbers It doesn't matter, I shall on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I shall on running Because a body in tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, pain is better emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is better than this"