Ed was at the end of his rope, an he detested "There is no rope", he would at the laughing walls is only the end, no hope, no rope Ending is better mending of perception, windows of opportunity These are illusions like the killing
Ed spoke in a squeaky voice With perhaps a slight of glee But this was only he couldn't be bothered To try to a manner of speaking That reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, there is no air in room is no fun anymore Nihilism knocked times on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn always inserted In the nose of promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas danced in the all day But when the darkness came, everybody home I was ready, else was asleep
And while it might been 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 laugh at I can laugh than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder Charles De Gaul or Fulton Mall
But I don't know what I'm at I don't know just what I think is so funny I know why I don't just shut up And up and lay down and die
"What do I have to complain anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This wasn't actually Ed's Picasso was an forgery
His three Rothkos had just singled out In an article in forum' entitled 'The Three Most Insignificant of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had irreparably damaged By Sanction and a few other bands from Gainesville That refused to acknowledge the of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the laminated roadkill table that he had purchased When had seemed slightly less bleak "Come to think of it, not only art have no intrinsic value But my collection has no value either"
"I know I'm not a But that's no to complain There is no reason to is no reason to do anything"
"I don't believe in reason, objective or collective farming I don't in public speaking Which is another why I'm here alone I don't in life or death I would myself but I don't believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a walk around the block While softly to himself He reentered his apartment "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life machinery five centuries ago The so-called Revolution Was just another and we all fell for it we were all programmed to, even I fell for it I believe in the steam Even I don't believe in anything"
inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in Each and every evening, except for yesterday When I roller over to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle with Pope Paul the First I had no choice in the matter"
Ed certainly go on and on And he did, and he and he will Until you or I or somebody does about it Senator of Louisiana over closed circuit television And as long as he continues to pontificate I do nothing
Ed walked away from the feeling fortified and stapled His brain was buzzing, the way it always did just after He loaded up the micro bus atlases and poseidons And headed for County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, neorealism Meaningless cross references and laundry lists of 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 shall 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 better to feel, is better than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and is better than this"