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 than mending Doors of perception, of opportunity These are illusions like the killing
Ed spoke in a whiny voice With a slight tinge of glee But this was only he couldn't be bothered To try to develop a of speaking That truly reflected his
This is a vaccum, there is no air in this Despair is no fun Nihilism three times on the ceiling But the fingers of dawn always inserted themselves In the of unfulfilled promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas danced in the all day But when the came, everybody went home I was ready, everyone was asleep
And while it might have a relief to see That I was right all I am still, alone and trapped Awaiting the end
And I can it all around And laugh at it and at myself I can louder than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder than Charles De Gaul or Fulton
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 give up and lay and die
"What do I have to about anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" wasn't actually true Ed's Picasso was an obvious
His three Rothkos had been singled out In an article in 'Art forum' 'The Three Most Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had irreparably damaged By Rein Sanction and a few other bands Gainesville That refused to acknowledge the of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the roadkill coffee table that he had purchased When had seemed slightly less bleak "Come to think of it, not does art have no intrinsic value But my collection has no extrinsic either"
"I know I'm not a But that's no to complain There is no reason to There is no to do anything"
"I don't believe in reason, reality or collective farming I don't believe in public Which is another why I'm here alone I don't 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 his apartment screaming "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life with machinery centuries ago The so-called 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 though I don't believe in anything"
Logical is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in and every evening, except for yesterday evening When I roller over to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle with Pope Paul the First I had no choice in the matter"
Ed could go on and on And he did, and he would and he Until you or I or somebody something about it Senator Sterno of Announced closed circuit television And as as he continues to pontificate pointlessly I will do
Ed walked away from the feeling fortified and stapled His brain was buzzing, the way it always did after 'Jeopardy' He loaded up the bus with atlases and poseidons And headed for Pope
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it puns, alliteration Russian literature, neorealism cross 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 game It doesn't matter, I keep on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I shall on running a body in motion tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, pain is better than Emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is than this"