I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfwkTDnc3K
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QcXUKg4kD
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTptvAjV5L
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywl7xgngZb
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3D8SiFzcb
blurry silhouette1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSXsmbTMp8
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6cQOPDqQt
after staring at a bright light.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CY7YbbzFI
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XPC0ulxs3
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFy4abRiWH
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINTwZbQvdE
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4b6k4erSV
blotchy green and purple,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUONXB4SqO
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipudppbXkb
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwJHBw4yM7
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVao8Q2Tfpa
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89xHEMS559
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3FPMrIn0B
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFAoAL4q3T
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMWpvr9Jaa
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalc5cVYm2S
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMwIsRxZYD
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIw6VNWQURM
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccAXjzBKon
which was for the good of everyone. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDK4mMsNtI
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, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd3E6QeI1N
the shadow, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JrQcQXw6f
in the chaos, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCHcnPmX80
so I sat next to a little old lady1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPFO7B6F2B
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z5AK3A1Db
It did get more interesting, too, and1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglf6XmUq62
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1LLZgzgGZ
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IggMuBXa9
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEru7ok7NbI
which may have been short for something else,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8epCAUV4R
and her grandson as Other Demons1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDYwE85iL1
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdypOHivjI
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXHcmtdkA0
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDSG1VM4Hv
or something.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu7P7Ff1bt
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYXAKAjITH
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.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ik1a7drgr
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HVtXFXiVQ
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ786r06SQfJ
you know, get to know them a bit.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1GHdMerGk
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5d0GCyPuo
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBby42Kojf
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jUnNcOTxb
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zhLVVg85B
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zVqmF4pSf
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2knPLrxI6G
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStI6LFjNye
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZES4YSPHOl
and went back to their home, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDq6hm23VR
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Twgg8khmE
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjNarxWAnS
to feast on some lonely children1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgquM3fv1n
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTZBS1hJIW
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sqpknCbJL
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FiHdNQZIc
between a battered Toyota 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4leDSaWPqK
and a hulking four wheel drive.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT243lY1YvK
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa8AsLVrL0
up and down office buildings,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DnPOWoJa5
through the desert,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E506upDMs
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuUj5D3pPt
across a river, 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYaDHmNzxP
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdCL8sb02e
of my suburban house.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vsveU66ML
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMe68ck7nG
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKI6LU2zXso
under a fading southern cross.1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7LlXb7s5Y
Happy Australia Day1347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRYvkAHuoA
and then Add to home screen.