Day After the Hump Day.

Some people have a special way of speech. When they talk they verbally deliver a package covered in velvet which, as you carefully open it, is revealed to be a jeweled dagger.
They then gently turn the dagger around and stab you in the belly...

This calculated verbal attack is many times crueler and colder than a direct insult.

But the worst part of it is not how it is delivered but rather when...

Imagine you are in your pajamas, sitting on the partially shaded patio, enjoying a nice afternoon sunshine with a warm apple cider in one hand... totally unguarded and utterly vulnerable...

Then BOOM! Comes the stab….

Shivers...

Although the stabs sometimes are shallow, you are guaranteed to be forever scared by the darkness of human nature.

I know I am...