I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh0qKZIKtA
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznc9cfsMof
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWNUk8Gkxd
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfcjo3ku2M
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAxQzFaE6p
blurry silhouette1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri7iBOeAIl
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CinqGQlZ3
after staring at a bright light.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqRd5Vne4E
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6s8321jwI
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9WMNSBW2W
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveIDkfd7Dw
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ygsfgKgVl
blotchy green and purple,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlylcJODB1
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1dnzXZFpc
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUMAeZV8UY
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScFtRh84w6
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdhjXz7P3b
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZX1tC3g1o
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2NjnKhDGl
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJz65Jn2is
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UJoDE8wT4
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNMG5ir44k
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs78jBfFAG
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eY02fFWGg
which was for the good of everyone. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBHG9YUpYv
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, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHeRmZ4ZFC
the shadow, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQjahXl4Wf
in the chaos, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDA6aJoCGNS
so I sat next to a little old lady1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczO12n3DKj
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuJfSFM1sn
It did get more interesting, too, and1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoor1xLp55E
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0SL4c2r8M
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eNu960gur
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpulfRz5iti
which may have been short for something else,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqDvUnKTup
and her grandson as Other Demons1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBeGYlAIfJ
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7fYprNdcK
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY2s4ylVTG
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYl9iRBEBVN
or something.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8BYXV6Yvb
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPVPn3Lkhf
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.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ6EPQYAF6
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIip8VgKRX
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky0wT3yxZG
you know, get to know them a bit.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIg4EpyXLp4
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBT5fHrN2P
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjMQBIoGhe
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TgzWaWnNU
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxyn392i6t
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi6sSETdpi
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sgz7NE5mi
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSneNigLM3t
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8VJ7xQRsO
and went back to their home, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOO5cy9Q5p
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aWfYQVxvC
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yB5L2xQut
to feast on some lonely children1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2So6eKzZ7
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HLesLzso9
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Mrlf8biJ0
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSf9lTF7zt
between a battered Toyota 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkL98U2lDx
and a hulking four wheel drive.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh80jAdOqz
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOFVj15L62
up and down office buildings,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ52IwnQSsP
through the desert,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeQTbjp3VJ
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CHfFgYuf6
across a river, 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMC4LaPe4y
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiXlTqEzck
of my suburban house.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdimkPkm3O5
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxDXxFqrn2
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmDium4rBs
under a fading southern cross.1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLk0II4mFr
Happy Australia Day1018Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNxLR4zmU1
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