Ed was at the end of his rope, an expression he "There is no rope", he would at the laughing walls There is the end, no hope, no rope Ending is better mending Doors of perception, windows of are illusions like the killing floor
Ed spoke in a whiny voice With perhaps a slight tinge of But this was because 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 rosy fingers of dawn always themselves In the nose of promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed danced in the streets all day But the darkness came, everybody went home I was ready, everyone was asleep
And it might have been a relief to see I was right 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 louder than the walls, the halls, the Louder than Charles De Gaul or Mall
But I know what I'm laughing at I don't know just what I think is so funny I don't know why I just shut up And up and lay down and die
"What do I to complain about anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" wasn't actually true Ed's Picasso was an forgery
His three Rothkos had just singled out In an article in 'Art forum' 'The Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Rothko' And his Barbara had been irreparably damaged By Rein Sanction and a few bands from Gainesville That refused to the value of art
"Come to of it", Ed mused To the laminated roadkill coffee table that he had When times had slightly less bleak "Come to think of it, not only does art no intrinsic value But my collection has no value 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, objective reality or collective I don't believe in speaking Which is another reason why I'm here I don't in life or death I would kill but I don't believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk the block While whistling to himself He his apartment screaming "There is no life on planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life machinery five centuries ago The so-called Revolution Was just another and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all programmed to, even I for it I believe in the engine Even though I don't in anything"
Logical inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I in and every evening, except for yesterday evening When I roller bladed over to the Masonic To play pinochle Pope John Paul the First I really had no in the matter"
Ed certainly 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 television And as long as he to pontificate pointlessly I will do
Ed away from the program feeling fortified and stapled His brain was buzzing, the way it always did after 'Jeopardy' He loaded up the micro bus with atlases and And for Pope County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it puns, alliteration Russian literature, Italian Meaningless cross references and laundry lists of I shall drive without a license, 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 keep on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I shall on running Because a body in motion tends to stay And it's to feel, pain is better than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is than this"