I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4r00iBkGq
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnNdxUA1Ej
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYAGnOujVR
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9x6dGJWY6
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eXThPSdbf
blurry silhouette1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpG64VL4Qtp
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBAXiN3RI6
after staring at a bright light.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDkYJphJfW
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzm3iHJtQM
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYwRtbLksb
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvpDUbvfJo
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k6JfC8Rsj
blotchy green and purple,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JQzjZSvek
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6kpYrRkrE
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnU9XcgBUX
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI5od6NH2p
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvWbdMSA05
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7cYK2DblM
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88RzJIeo8L
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAawfLMwQ0H
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvYXde4hDp
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYRdd3EZRR
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtbLWokSwq
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8VZq1Ljfk
which was for the good of everyone. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8G8VYuhtAh
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, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdb0yIN3LB
the shadow, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BIVPB8g1c
in the chaos, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1oa6219og
so I sat next to a little old lady1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmywwHhspV
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxpRH3PL26
It did get more interesting, too, and1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu89CEsNZ0
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfHVuhBkHW
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o7fb8kx0e
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTlj1CP2J2
which may have been short for something else,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwDmU4CG23
and her grandson as Other Demons1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEkSEQHlX1
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKfVNOCBqZ
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIlhz8Giqz
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvHu9LHjr4
or something.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn93sSjviUx
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uEy3dOSSz
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.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxJjqWN4LX
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyVZDFvABh
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0KBmaqTdn
you know, get to know them a bit.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyriFEJRCNV
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVhX7KuaM6
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZaEsYU4Qf
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhAoWDaXil
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyeKm1J2hx
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTndxHKROc
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrqwmW6XHa
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBBNuCPBBM
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0XHnuAJXT
and went back to their home, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvozJrOLds
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyQwhmIedX
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQFOfk3rNs
to feast on some lonely children1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qZEUhq9C7
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz4VFzcHRE
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgm1TOcjUvJ
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy8azWwVAt
between a battered Toyota 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcVZixTe5z
and a hulking four wheel drive.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBsQAKak4I
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmfThcIBC4
up and down office buildings,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRbFaXij79
through the desert,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uLt1InKEL
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPygGjrzB2A
across a river, 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQtmvKSS1v
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVCkePe373
of my suburban house.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQGkbndjJX
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NxKfL6ryu
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqplH2QeaH
under a fading southern cross.1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0rYHTqcN9
Happy Australia Day1286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTCerwtAXf
and then Add to home screen.