“Insomnia”

It’s past two o’ clock ante meridian,
And I am still awake.
Is it all the caffeine I gulped down at my nine to five?
Maybe it’s just the restless butterflies in my stomach-
Or the fact that I am scheduled to stand in front of a live audience
In just a few hours or so…
A stage performance in which I will most
Likely make a fool of myself.
Anyway, I can’t seem to repose.
My eyes are tired but I’ve got so many wired thoughts
Scrambled like eggs and congested in my dome piece
Not letting me get my much needed rest.
Guess I’d better go squirt out some piss
And see if I can’t clean out my system and finally get some sleep
Before I catch me some more fucking insomnia.

© 1997 Mauricio Rincon

“Ghost Writer”

As I sit on my throne,
I have been known,
To postpone
The depletion of the ozone.

Two scoops of abstract
And a dash of actual fact,
Keeps my sanity intact.
My poetry is stacked

Because I’m highly skilled,
The strongest willed,
Main attraction, top billed.
Fuck with me and you may get killed.

Get bodied on paper,
This is my latest caper.
Send you to meet your maker,
I’m known as the dream taker.

Let bygones be bygones.
Love women in stringy thongs.
My words poke like prongs,
Someone should really turn my words into songs.

©Mauricio Rincon ®Skeletal Abstract 2015