Ed was at the end of his rope, an expression he "There is no rope", he would scream at the laughing is only the end, no hope, no rope Ending is better mending Doors of perception, of opportunity These are illusions the killing floor
Ed spoke in a squeaky whiny With perhaps a slight of glee But this was only because he couldn't be To try to a manner of speaking truly reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, there is no air in this Despair is no fun Nihilism three times on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn always inserted In the nose of promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the darkness came, everybody went I was ready, everyone was asleep
And while it might been a relief to see That I was all along Here I am still, and trapped the endless end
And I can it all around And at it and laugh at myself I can laugh than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder than Charles De or Fulton Mall
But I don't what I'm laughing at I don't know what I think is so goddamn funny I don't know why I just shut up And give up and lay and die
"What do I have to complain anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This wasn't actually Ed's was an obvious forgery
His three had just been singled out In an in 'Art forum' entitled 'The Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark And his Barbara Krugers had been irreparably By Rein and a few other bands from Gainesville That to acknowledge the value of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the laminated roadkill coffee table that he had When times had slightly less bleak "Come to think of it, not only art have no intrinsic value But my has no extrinsic value either"
"I I'm not a millionaire But no reason to complain There is no reason to There is no to do anything"
"I don't believe in reason, objective or collective farming I don't in public speaking Which is another reason why I'm alone I don't believe in life or I would kill myself but I believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and a quick walk around the block While softly to himself He his apartment screaming "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life with five centuries ago The Industrial Revolution Was another hoax and we all fell for it we were all programmed to, even I fell for it I believe in the steam though I don't believe in anything"
Logical inconsistency is the Mr. I bathe in Each and every evening, except for yesterday When I bladed over to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle with Pope John Paul the 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 Announced over closed television And as long as he continues to pointlessly I do nothing
Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and His brain was buzzing, the way it always did just after He loaded up the bus with atlases and poseidons And headed for Pope
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, neorealism Meaningless cross and laundry lists of nonsense I shall drive a license, without clothing, without direction"
"And if I make it to Arkansas, And if I'm running late, if I'm running a game It doesn't matter, I 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 better emptiness Emptiness is than nothing, and nothing is better than this"