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 was only because he couldn't be bothered To try to a manner of speaking That truly reflected his
is a vaccum, there is no air in this room Despair is no fun Nihilism knocked times on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn inserted themselves In the of unfulfilled promises
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 it might have been a relief to see That I was all along Here I am still, and trapped Awaiting the end
And I can it all around And laugh at it and at myself I can laugh than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder than De Gaul or Fulton Mall
But I don't what I'm laughing at I know just what I think is so goddamn funny I don't know why I don't just up And give up and lay and die
"What do I have to complain anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This actually true Ed's Picasso was an obvious
His three Rothkos had just singled out In an in 'Art forum' entitled 'The Three Most Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Krugers had been 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 of it, not only does art have no intrinsic value But my collection has no extrinsic either"
"I I'm not a millionaire But that's no reason to There is no reason to There is no to do anything"
"I don't believe in reason, objective reality or collective I don't in public speaking Which is another reason why I'm alone I believe in life or death I would kill myself but I believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk around the While whistling softly to He his apartment screaming "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life machinery five centuries ago The so-called Revolution Was another hoax and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all to, even I fell for it I believe in the engine Even though I don't in anything"
Logical inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I in Each and every evening, except for yesterday When I roller bladed over to the Temple To pinochle with Pope 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 Until you or I or somebody does something it Sterno of Louisiana Announced closed circuit television And as long as he continues to pointlessly I will do
Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and His brain was buzzing, the way it always did just 'Jeopardy' He loaded up the micro bus with and poseidons And for Pope County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, Italian cross references and laundry lists of nonsense I shall without a license, without clothing, without direction"
"And if I make it to Arkansas, And if I'm running late, if I'm running a numbers It doesn't matter, I shall on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I keep on running Because a body in motion tends to emotional And it's better to feel, pain is than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and is better than this"