I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbTeHEAkkm
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA0iTAtyL3
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9oxZm66tf
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIQvKKI086
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGOv6zMkGR
blurry silhouette1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH4kzjhDeo
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpeS8s0qpW
after staring at a bright light.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt39kmV4Xch
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbPQo8lOpl
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf814SAUMba
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNLmAzY9pc
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDkiLPhHT2
blotchy green and purple,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSTyTNQGp5
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYhBgRwVLN
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9nefvemQY
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSzK1fNu1Q
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZWyCFEuF9
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkpwUq5Zku
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsx2CJpwdN
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgSEA5cEU1
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq6al00bfQ
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vxm5w5n4u
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2xyZeM2zk
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRasV6C7kh
which was for the good of everyone. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVG5buu8UpX
They’d gotten a little rowdy,
if you know what I mean—
of course you do.
Doesn’t everyone?
I’d gotten separated from my date, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DhogxMBBI
the shadow, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMQK8CUv1X
in the chaos, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AvNk9Tghy
so I sat next to a little old lady1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5IKXiaoxa
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUhms8kfMe
It did get more interesting, too, and1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k9p9xbVz2
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy8EyVyRKZ
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuuk3X0V1I
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwjmp8rHqN
which may have been short for something else,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD8MfjClLd
and her grandson as Other Demons1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0q7u7aPBkP
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHzqn0xgvL
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpfPMNHK4K
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdPmb370ty
or something.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iPoW3neoY
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgTNTFfnCg
and to be honest I was unsure of what to do.
I began to realise why they’d been sitting a little apart from the others.
Over the course of the night, I remembered my grandma’s advice.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lj7WohKR6
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMBjVcuGch
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrkx5z1lll
you know, get to know them a bit.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJTRjk8AHl
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7scRpFwO01
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM4pjHPwdc
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSkhpbeO2D
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjZYgmyFlJ
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoU10y0ZJf
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOXakBoOBF
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQCEd1RIW8
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS7oki5bDL
and went back to their home, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDOeZMIxgi
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYNTqTqRKH
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVRvbaYC0q
to feast on some lonely children1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVHHGI7JSQ
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gLneX5b0I
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ397BAnLGjc
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VMe6wEk0u
between a battered Toyota 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNNaFRglIR
and a hulking four wheel drive.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzawjiGlizG
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tMAENoAfZ
up and down office buildings,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9NyQJm4wy
through the desert,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAtor7DRMX
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK5uoabny4
across a river, 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyhwArlasN
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEHhd6GVW7
of my suburban house.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkFp24hse0
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKko17qOB8
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzX5c18TfG
under a fading southern cross.1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0GaJKY5dH
Happy Australia Day1290Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY8h4lxQ2Q
and then Add to home screen.