Prompt by Jim Adams
What an awful word! Sorry Jim but really humiliate is right at the top of my list of ugly actions. I dislike being humiliated and I would never do anything to intentionally humiliate anyone else. That said I am a smarty smart pants with an acid tongue. I could let a thought bubble escape that might offend and/or humiliate. But afterwards I would be mortified. Nope! Not gonna.
Having no feelings whatsoever
Uncle Johnny
Made Sammy cry
Instigating feelings of embarassment
Looking to make himself feel better
In squashing Sammy’s dignity
Albeit to cover his own
Tortured feelings of ridicule and low self-esteem
Etched in his childhood memories
Post by J-Dub