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 than Doors of perception, of opportunity are illusions like the killing floor
Ed in a squeaky whiny voice With perhaps a slight of glee But this was only because he couldn't be To try to a manner of speaking That reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, there is no air in this Despair is no fun Nihilism knocked three times on the But the rosy fingers of dawn always themselves In the of unfulfilled promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed danced in the streets all day But the darkness came, everybody went home I was ready, everyone was asleep
And while it might have 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 than Charles De Gaul or Fulton
But I don't know I'm laughing at I don't know just what I is so goddamn funny I don't know why I don't just up And up and lay down and die
"What do I have to about anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" wasn't actually true Ed's Picasso was an obvious
His Rothkos had just been singled out In an article in 'Art entitled 'The Three Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had been irreparably By Rein and a few other bands from Gainesville That to acknowledge the value of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the laminated roadkill coffee table he had purchased When times had seemed slightly bleak "Come to think of it, not only does art have no value But my has no extrinsic value either"
"I know I'm not a But that's no reason to There is no to complain There is no to do anything"
"I don't believe in reason, reality or collective farming I believe in public speaking Which is another why I'm here alone I don't in life or death I kill myself but I don't believe in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk around the While softly to himself He his apartment screaming "There is no life on planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all life with machinery five 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 though I don't believe in anything"
Logical inconsistency is the Mr. Bubble I in Each and evening, except for yesterday evening I roller 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 and he will Until you or I or somebody does something it Sterno of Louisiana Announced over 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 atlases and poseidons And headed for Pope
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it puns, alliteration literature, Italian neorealism Meaningless references and laundry lists of nonsense I shall drive a license, without clothing, without direction"
"And if I it to Arkansas, fine 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, is the ending, I shall keep on running Because a body in motion tends to emotional And better to feel, pain is better than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and is better than this"