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 of perception, windows of opportunity These are illusions like the floor
Ed in a squeaky whiny voice With perhaps a slight tinge of But was only because he couldn't be bothered To try to a manner of speaking That truly his mood
This is a vaccum, there is no air in room is no fun anymore Nihilism knocked three times on the But the rosy fingers of dawn always inserted In the nose of unfulfilled
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the darkness came, everybody home I was ready, else was asleep
And while it might have been a to see That I was all along Here I am still, and trapped 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 Louder than 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 complain anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" wasn't actually true Ed's Picasso was an obvious
His Rothkos had just been singled out In an article in forum' entitled Three Most Insignificant 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 of it", Ed mused To the laminated coffee table that he had purchased When times had seemed slightly less "Come to think of it, not only art have no intrinsic value But my collection has no value either"
"I I'm not a millionaire But that's no to complain There is no reason to There is no to do anything"
"I don't in reason, objective reality or collective farming I don't in public speaking Which is another why I'm here alone I don't believe in life or I would kill myself but I 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 with machinery five centuries ago The Industrial Revolution Was just hoax and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all to, even I fell for it I in the steam engine Even though I don't in anything"
Logical is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in Each and every evening, except for yesterday When I roller bladed to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle with John Paul the First I really had no in the matter"
Ed certainly go on and on And he did, and he and he will you or I or somebody does something about it Senator of Louisiana Announced closed circuit television And as long as he to pontificate pointlessly I do nothing
Ed walked away from the feeling fortified and stapled His brain was buzzing, the way it always did after 'Jeopardy' He loaded up the micro bus atlases and poseidons And headed for Pope
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it puns, alliteration Russian literature, neorealism Meaningless cross references and laundry 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 a numbers game It doesn't matter, I keep on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, is the ending, I shall keep on running Because a body in motion to stay emotional And it's better to feel, pain is better emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and is better than this"