I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q8fpBnTQl
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVs2lXadhy
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvLauVuJxM
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1SINnYbvH
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEBBELYp6J
blurry silhouette1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3teS05CjU
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmg5hk6QRh
after staring at a bright light.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSyqRtdpoo
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmEY4ke4u9
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QK32d4VW2
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuxQlU3qtE
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyC8F0mDXtZ
blotchy green and purple,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ4uzsFsW7
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDszf5g8qt
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYz3JNBH4C
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88jvwY2qAQ
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dRPMXZbDm
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXf8jSJErh
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZ5Z1PNhXW
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBsnVnnNru
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MinM7Z7M7
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sy6ewptFd
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35N1wOyKIE
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDkOrcBrKT
which was for the good of everyone. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3gwamLFgG
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, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLBcNtF5nC
the shadow, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtksVuwDdwm
in the chaos, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufrXaE9In3
so I sat next to a little old lady1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHOirbPaiX
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vhqozgzFF
It did get more interesting, too, and1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwASzX4pJnS
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3ycefYWu6
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm4yEhjmKy
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVsE1kmwYm
which may have been short for something else,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpLasOAlaV
and her grandson as Other Demons1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEqFU4emKn
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8V9BANR6F2
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNVBIpwiCP
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJsRMdUQkt
or something.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqoOQs02XC
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHrEJsodxo
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.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyOX00ZQal
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTcASjA3ww
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXGz4UcS1t
you know, get to know them a bit.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOB7mZOgm3
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKETrLx1cSj
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLpW7dxQB8
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz1q0oLV53
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfuf9PukDk
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIOOZ9BzZi
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7ceWjmXk2
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPSy9yZEcr
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlxbel7gM0
and went back to their home, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP5tq6KwMc
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwWioPT2W7
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR4ARhLPZq
to feast on some lonely children1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qZKYeRQHU
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP5ZKSuQiU
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkENXLEQgkk
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOr6jobaUN6
between a battered Toyota 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLNrZtiYQ8
and a hulking four wheel drive.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemAKfIqNSV
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdne6Yi2E0m
up and down office buildings,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7izAV5uWj
through the desert,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWq7jN1T3B
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjGFMdJCZD
across a river, 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV8tKCGMlv
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR0V6zg7eY
of my suburban house.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpvH9msacL
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsFwA8YjIX
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48edWhCwN6
under a fading southern cross.1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOR4MGBpJj5
Happy Australia Day1055Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcsh1RJD0O
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