“I don’t understand what you see in her.”
“It’s not what I see it’s what I hear. The wit and wisdom born of a medicated tongue. The dark and delicate tones that pierce my goosebumps like the jagged razor of bow on string. The laughter, sometimes natural, sometimes unnatural that dances across my heart. The music of her soul.”
“You remember when you were a kid and your mum would tell you some ugly girl had a great personality? That’s what you’re doing now. Just with bigger and fancier words.”
“Not true.”
“True.”
“I love her voice.”
“Minger then.”
“Twat.”
Author’s note.
About 18 months ago I wrote in a post that I might be a tiny bit in love with Agnes Obel. This bit of fun in drabble form was inspired by her (amazing) voice and (equally amazing) music as I had her new album playing in the background while I was scribbling some notes. She is officially not a minger. I might still be a tiny bit in love with her.
Nik Eveleigh 
no definitely not a minger – in fact rather beautiful. a teeny little crush is probably understandable and allowable.
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Phew. Thanks Diane. Hehe 🙂
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There’s not much to critique here, this is quite obviously a very personal, intimate moment and you’ve captured that well. It made me smile, so good job 🙂
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Thanks Harry. It’s a blend of old and new – was reminiscing about school days earlier and then the music made the two things connect. Appreciate you taking the time to read and comment – glad it gave you a smile.
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I believe there’s much more to connect with than the outside. I had to look up minger. Lol. What a mean word. 😂 Next I need to look up this woman because I’ve never heard of her. 🙂
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It’s a terrible word! But one that holds a lot of childhood banter memories! I hope you enjoy Agnes once you track her down 🙂
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I looked her up on YouTube. She’s got a very unique sound. I liked it. 😊 Hope you’re having a good day!
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Yes she’s pretty unique! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Day has been fine but long – hope yours is good so far!
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Thanks, it’s been ok – long, yeah.
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Minger is a vastly underused word in all forms of artistic expression. Great descriptive imagery as usual sir.
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Cheers Lee. After nearly 200 posts on this site and a couple of hundred elsewhere this might be the first time minger has had an outing so to speak – might not be the last! Appreciate the comment – good to hear from you as always 🙂
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I love the word Twat. English is awesome.
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Got a popup this morning alerting me to this splendid comment five months late haha! I agree, twat is one of the greatest words available to humankind. I will try and reduce my comment-response-turnaround-time to 90 days going forward… 🙂
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Huzzah, I can cross you off my reply spreadsheet.
Sweet to go back and remind myself of the context of Twat (if one was ever necessary). Your post me laugh all over again.
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Phew. Was becoming concerned I was being highlighted in some sort of red font in Excel. Happy to be of service!
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Amber Alert, mate. Red is for years.
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Brilliance of the banter.
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I’m starting to wonder if I know how to write anything other than dialogue! Might have to experiment this week…! Thanks Mel 🙂
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