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 the killing floor
Ed spoke in a squeaky voice With perhaps a slight tinge of But this was only because he couldn't be To try to develop a of speaking That reflected his mood
This is a vaccum, is no air in this room is no fun anymore Nihilism knocked three times on the But the rosy fingers of dawn inserted themselves In the nose of promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed danced in the streets all day But when the came, everybody went home I was ready, everyone else was
And while it 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 louder than the walls, the halls, the Louder than Charles De or Fulton Mall
But I don't know what I'm at I don't know what I think 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 complain anyway?" Ed his Picasso, "I'm a millionaire" This wasn't true Ed's Picasso was an obvious
His three Rothkos had been singled out In an article in forum' entitled Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had irreparably damaged By Rein Sanction and a few other bands from That to acknowledge the value 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 think of it, not only does art no intrinsic 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 is no reason to do anything"
"I don't in reason, objective reality or collective farming I don't in public speaking Which is another reason why I'm here I don't believe in or death I would kill myself but I don't in suicide"
Ed put on a red shirt and took a walk around the block whistling softly to himself He reentered his screaming "There is no on this planet"
"Jehovah One replaced all with machinery five centuries ago The so-called Industrial Was just another and we all fell for it 'Cause we were all programmed to, I fell for it I in the steam engine Even though I don't in anything"
Logical is the Mr. Bubble I bathe in Each and every evening, 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 certainly 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 over closed circuit And as long as he continues to pontificate I will do
Ed away from the program feeling fortified and stapled His brain was buzzing, the way it always did after 'Jeopardy' He loaded up the micro bus atlases and poseidons And for Pope County
"I've had it", he sang, "I've had it with puns, Russian literature, neorealism Meaningless cross references and lists of nonsense I shall drive without a license, clothing, without direction"
"And if I make it to Arkansas, And if I'm running late, if I'm running a game It doesn't matter, I keep on running"
"Yes, is the answer, this is the ending, I shall keep on running a body in motion tends to stay emotional And it's better to feel, is better than emptiness Emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is better this"