Ed was at the end of his rope, an expression he "There is no rope", he would scream at the laughing There is only the end, no hope, no Ending is better mending of perception, windows of opportunity These are illusions the killing floor
Ed spoke in a squeaky whiny With perhaps a tinge of glee But this was only because he couldn't be To try to develop a of speaking That truly reflected his
is a vaccum, there is no air in this room Despair is no fun Nihilism knocked three on the ceiling But the rosy fingers of dawn inserted themselves In the nose of promises
sang, "Heysanna, Hosanna" Paralyzed prima-donnas in the streets all day But when the darkness came, everybody went I was ready, else was asleep
And while it might have a relief to see I was right all along Here I am still, alone and 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 Gaul or Mall
But I know what I'm laughing at I know just what I think is so goddamn funny I don't know why I don't shut 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 forgery
His three Rothkos had just been out In an article in forum' entitled 'The Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Rothko' And his Barbara Krugers had been damaged By Rein and a few other bands from Gainesville That refused to the value of art
"Come to think of it", Ed To the laminated roadkill coffee table he had purchased When times had seemed less bleak "Come to think of it, not does art have no intrinsic value But my collection has no extrinsic 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 believe in reason, reality or collective farming I don't believe in speaking Which is reason why I'm here alone I don't believe in or death I would kill myself but I don't in suicide"
Ed put on a red and took a quick walk around the block whistling 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, I fell for it I believe in the engine 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 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 would and he Until you or I or does something about it Sterno of Louisiana Announced over closed circuit And as long as he to pontificate pointlessly I will do
Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and His was buzzing, the way it always did just 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 puns, alliteration 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 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 stay And it's better to feel, is better than emptiness is better than nothing, and nothing is better than this"