Ed was at the end of his rope, an he detested "There is no rope", he would at the laughing walls There is only the end, no hope, no Ending is better mending Doors of perception, windows of These are illusions like the killing
Ed spoke in a squeaky voice perhaps a slight tinge of glee But this was because he couldn't be bothered To try to develop a of speaking That truly reflected his
This is a vaccum, there is no air in this Despair is no fun Nihilism three times on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn always themselves In the nose of unfulfilled
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the came, everybody went home I was ready, everyone else was
And while it might 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 at it and laugh at myself I can laugh than the walls, the halls, the waterfalls Louder than Charles De Gaul or Mall
But I don't know I'm laughing at I don't know what I think is so goddamn funny I don't why I don't 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 actually Ed's Picasso was an obvious
His three Rothkos had just been out In an article in forum' entitled Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Krugers had been irreparably damaged By Rein Sanction and a few other bands Gainesville That refused to the value of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the laminated roadkill 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 has no extrinsic 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 believe in public speaking is another reason why I'm here alone I believe in life or death I would myself but I don't believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick around the block whistling softly to himself He his apartment screaming "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life machinery five centuries ago The Industrial Revolution Was just hoax and we all fell for it 'Cause we all programmed to, even I fell for it I believe in the steam Even though I don't in anything"
inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in Each and every evening, except for yesterday When I roller bladed over to the Temple To play pinochle with Pope John 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 Sterno of Louisiana Announced closed circuit television And as long as he continues to pontificate I do nothing
Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and His brain was buzzing, the way it always did just after He loaded up the micro bus with atlases and And headed for County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it puns, alliteration Russian literature, Italian Meaningless cross and laundry lists of nonsense 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 matter, I shall keep on running"
"Yes, this is the answer, this is the ending, I shall keep on Because a body in motion tends to emotional And it's better to feel, pain is better emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is better than this"