It had been a splendid evening but now, rankled by some recent memory and loosened perhaps by a little too much wine, he leaned across the table and made a cutting remark. She began to bleed almost immediately. His words raked across her wrists like a suicide attempt. She began to deflate in front of him. She had to learn not to take things so literally.
John Malone 
Oh, ripped to shreds … if only she took things metaphorically instead, it’s less painful!
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it never pays to take things too literally 🙂
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Clever.
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thank you, Chelsea; I was pushing the envelope on this one but it seems to have worked
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