Ed was at the end of his rope, an expression he "There is no rope", he scream at the laughing walls is only the end, no hope, no rope Ending is better mending Doors of perception, of opportunity These are like the killing floor
Ed spoke in a whiny voice With perhaps a tinge of glee But was only because he couldn't be bothered To try to develop a manner of truly reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, there is no air in this is no fun anymore Nihilism knocked three times on the But the rosy fingers of dawn inserted themselves In the of unfulfilled promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas danced in the all day But the darkness came, everybody went home I was ready, everyone else was
And it might have been a relief to see I was right all along Here I am still, alone and Awaiting the end
And I can turn it all And laugh at it and laugh at I can laugh louder the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder than Charles De Gaul or Mall
But I don't what I'm laughing at I don't know just I think is so goddamn funny I don't know why I just shut up And give up and lay and die
"What do I to complain about anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This wasn't true Ed's Picasso was an obvious
His three Rothkos had just been out In an article in forum' entitled 'The Three Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had been damaged By Sanction and a few other bands from Gainesville That refused to acknowledge the of art
"Come to of it", Ed mused To the laminated roadkill coffee that he had purchased When times had seemed slightly 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 no reason to complain is no reason to complain There is no to do anything"
"I believe 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 don't in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and a quick walk around the block While softly to himself He reentered his apartment "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life with machinery five ago The Industrial Revolution Was just another and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all programmed to, even I for it I believe in the steam though I don't believe in anything"
Logical is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in and every evening, except for yesterday evening When I bladed over to the Masonic Temple To play pinochle with John Paul the First I had no choice in the matter"
Ed could go on and on And he did, and he and he will Until you or I or somebody does about it Senator Sterno of Announced closed circuit television And as long as he continues to pointlessly I will do
Ed walked from the program feeling fortified and stapled His was buzzing, the way it always did just 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 with puns, Russian literature, Italian Meaningless cross and laundry lists 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 running a game It doesn't matter, I keep on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I keep on running Because a body in tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, is better than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is better this"