Ed was at the end of his rope, an he detested "There is no rope", he scream at the laughing walls There is the end, no hope, no rope Ending is better than Doors of perception, windows of These are illusions like the killing
Ed spoke in a squeaky voice perhaps a slight tinge of glee But this was only he couldn't be bothered To try to a manner of speaking truly reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, there is no air in room Despair is no fun Nihilism knocked three times on the But the rosy fingers of dawn always themselves In the of unfulfilled promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the darkness came, everybody home I was ready, everyone 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 laugh at I can louder than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls than Charles De Gaul or Fulton Mall
But I don't what I'm laughing at I don't know just what I is so goddamn funny I don't know why I don't shut up And up and lay down and die
"What do I have to about anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This actually true Ed's Picasso was an forgery
His three Rothkos had just been out In an in 'Art forum' entitled 'The Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark And his Barbara Krugers had irreparably damaged By Rein Sanction and a few other bands from That refused to the value of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the laminated roadkill 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 know I'm not a But no reason to complain There is no to complain There is no to do anything"
"I believe 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 kill myself but I don't in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a walk around the block While whistling to himself He reentered his apartment "There is no life on planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life machinery five centuries ago The Industrial Revolution Was just another and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all programmed to, I fell for it I in the steam engine Even I don't believe in anything"
inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in Each and every evening, except for yesterday When I bladed over to the Masonic Temple To pinochle with Pope John Paul the First I really had no in the matter"
Ed could go on and on And he did, and he would and he Until you or I or does something about it Sterno of Louisiana Announced over closed circuit And as as he continues to pontificate pointlessly I will do
Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and His brain was buzzing, the way it always did after 'Jeopardy' He loaded up the micro bus atlases and poseidons And for Pope County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, neorealism Meaningless cross references and lists of nonsense I shall 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, is the answer, this is the ending, I shall keep on running Because a in motion tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, pain is better emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is better this"