Phantom Gothic / Bite Your Tongue.

By Spike Bloodworth

The author Spike infuses this book of poems with an authentic voice. The reader gets the sense that these anecdotes are largely autobiographical, written as a way that the author can help make sense of the world around her. There is nothing pretentious or 'showy' here - just a clean window into one person's soul. While the work is gritty and edgy, many readers will be happy to know that throughout, the author never seems to lose her faith in God, and the chance for a brighter tomorrow.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 19, 2011
• ISBN: 9781491847671

Spike Bloodworth

Spike Bloodworth currently lives in Denver Colorado while attaining her Social Work degree masters degree. She's also the author of the previously published poetry collection Phantom Gothic / Iron Fist. There are 1,000 more poems she intends to publish in her collection.

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2011 by Spike Bloodworth. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

First published by AuthorHouse      08/03/2011

ISBN: 978-1-4567-6270-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-4767-1 (ebook)

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Contents

Honorable Mentions

The cover concept

The names of my modeis…

Is that right?

Jeuvenile

Leaving Late

Like bats out of Hell.

Lofty Ideals

It is what it is…

2:00 AM.

A Long Story

Man-Hater

Master Intimidator

My average week

Name Droppers

No more confessions

No never meant yes

Oh—Snap!!!

One down and…

Outrageous

Overruled

Peace…Ninja!

Perpetual devastation

Precious metal cross

Public Toilets

Resentments

Retail Hell

Ridicule

Roll over and play dead

Rudely Interrupted

Self preservation

Several flights of stairs

She Got Hers.

Slow And Painful Death

Smudged

Snide

Spike’s World

Stealing my sanity

Struck dumb

Terribly unfair

The beast awakens

The evil sperm donor

The good ones are all taken

The $100.00 question

The making of future plans

The Mistaken

The overachiever

The very monsters they created

Un-Noticed

Uneven

Unconcerned

Uglier

Tortillas

This discussion is not over yet

Abandonment

Aftershock

And Then There Were None

The April Fool child

Argumentative

Ace Bandages

Be wary

Below the Belt

Bleed-through

The Bu11on pushing prick

Cheating

Clockworks

Confessions

Define Self Defense

Disengage

Dodge This…

Idon’t know what you want from me

Drats!

EnvironmentalCleanup

Exceptionally Annoying

Executive Abilities

Faithful

Faretheewell

Firebrand

Floodgatesoffury

Youwillcreatemore

You’renotspecial

Wardrobe—please!

Watch Your Back

Felonious Befallen

Wrong doing

You and I are about to scrap

WhackedOut

Volumes

Worse than an insuit

Whatdoesn’tkillyou…

Furyofawoman

Grievances

Grievous

Hisclaimtofame

HomeAndHeart

Humanitarian causes

Hypertension

I can’t shake him

Ican’ttakeanotherknifein

myheart

In bad taste

I fled…

Honorable   Mentions

Thank you to that huge Gothic crowd that stuck by me here in Denver for the past decade… my cherished family. Without every last one of them I would not be the successful person behind the making of this book and many others to come. Thank you also to those who are non-Goths who still make the quality of my life worthwhile. I seriously need to acknowledge once more that my models are awesome. So thank you Neko, Chris and RodRivy for being enthusiastic, looking great and being my co-creators in something I cannot keep my own eyes off of. Spike Bloodworth.

The cover concept

You might be asking yourself why my models look so unpleasant on the cover. I can assure you these gentlemen are very pleasant people before, during and after working for me. They did the exact thing I asked for, including being handcuffed together. Therefore, I would recommend that anyone searching for true professionals to model for them in the future to contact me for a reference. This is the message we attempted to convey on the cover : apathy, annoyance and the desire for escapism because modern day living is tough to deal with. Sadly, the Hear no—See no—Speak no evil concept was first mentioned in the bible as a moral code of conduct. It isn’t being followed. So this is our modern day version of what happens when people begin to feel overwhelmed and powerless. This is our version of the Hear no—See no—Speak no evil idea. We hope you like it.

The names of my mode is…

In order from left to right:

Mr. Hear No Evil is represented by Rodney

Riviera.

Mr. See No Evil is represented by "Neko the

Loveless Wanderer".

Mr. Speak No Evil is represented by Chris Hayden.

Is that right?

I turned my back and walked away in the middle of your sentence, barely giving you eye contact or sparing a glance in your direction.

I gave you your initial acknowledgement,

And why do I treat you this way?

Because I find you repulsive!

This is the final face off because you can’t seem to advance past ‘what’s in it for you’.

You cannot give me one tangible reason to co-operate, any valid proof that you aren’t all push and pull.

Maybe if you lose that Look, it’s simple line, then and only then might I consider you reasonable—but not until then.

So you lose and I win.

You give me that Look , it’s simple line and instantly I am going to dig my heels in, and so would everyone else.

You gave me every reason to be reluctant, because you voiced it with a command.

You are going to find out it’s not so simple after all.

And you are the one who brought it on yourself.

You are going to get a grunt in response and the comment Is that right? spoken with the attitude this discussion is over so goodbye and good night.

Jeuvenile

Call me jeuvenile, I’ll testify to that.

You won’t hear me argue against it, won’t hear any raising of opposition.

And do you know why? Have you any inclination?

It’s a simple concept really, if there’s something I don’t like I will do everything in my power to change it.

Usually it happens in the form of vocal protestation, that’s the first and foremost indicator I am not in full agreement.

I cornered a coworker from another country with masculine dominion over women, then I gave him a full detailed account