Ed was at the end of his rope, an he detested "There is no rope", he would scream at the walls is only the end, no hope, no rope Ending is than mending Doors of perception, windows of These are illusions like the floor
Ed spoke in a squeaky voice With perhaps a slight tinge of But this was because he couldn't be bothered To try to develop a manner of That truly reflected his
is a vaccum, there is no air in this room Despair is no fun knocked three times on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn inserted themselves In the nose of promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the darkness came, went home I was ready, else was asleep
And while it have been a relief to see I was right all along Here I am still, and trapped the endless end
And I can turn it all 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 is so goddamn 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 true Ed's was an obvious forgery
His three had just been singled out In an article in 'Art forum' 'The Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had irreparably damaged By Rein and a few other bands from Gainesville That refused to acknowledge the of art
"Come to of it", Ed mused To the roadkill coffee table that he had purchased When times had seemed 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 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 in public speaking is another reason 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 a quick walk around the block While whistling softly to He reentered his apartment "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life machinery five centuries ago The so-called Industrial Was just hoax and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all programmed to, I fell for it I believe in the steam Even I don't believe in anything"
Logical inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I in Each and every evening, except for yesterday When I bladed over to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle Pope John Paul the First I had no choice in the matter"
Ed certainly go on and on And he did, and he would and he you or I or somebody does something about it Senator of Louisiana Announced over circuit television And as long as he to pontificate pointlessly I do nothing
Ed walked away from the program fortified and stapled His was buzzing, the way it always did just after 'Jeopardy' He loaded up the micro bus with and poseidons 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 drive 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, this is the ending, I shall on running Because a body in tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, pain is than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and is better than this"