L’esprit de l’escalier (A Short Story)

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the words I should have said
the words I could have said
the words I would have said

stayed

unwritten, quiet
hiding

little pieces of regret that eat at my daydreams
little pieces of regret that keep me up at night

—–
l’esprit de l’escalier: the predicament of thinking a term too late.
This first appeared on Redbubble.

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