I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuVgo9cmRg
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIxlvzavJy
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNLaRwszfK
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YZwQCO5Fa
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWQ4UzVwaR
blurry silhouette1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpmKPBDjaC
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3iGKfZ6Zq
after staring at a bright light.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Wf9KYZ74k
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79m4fNO09i
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydmmo5VEwh
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIwi097Umv
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3vvshpQ59
blotchy green and purple,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43XJwX6FWT
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRH9CJNkl7
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt5Nif0HAW
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyGe5YAtqR
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJbYnZubL4
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXNZFdaRjh
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAdqKIhMCa
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjgSLupbQm
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzgTJUnFhi
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaMswg6yY7
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWEcsMKH3I
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt5TV1GyH6
which was for the good of everyone. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMENtSW4bI
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, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5AlRtCPK5
the shadow, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwmRzSwl8w
in the chaos, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2936Sk1dlg
so I sat next to a little old lady1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33HGbW0DSZ
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQSxSVbbh5
It did get more interesting, too, and1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRhMbJaZCL
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nfqLpQjSf
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWgOdwK38j
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9Nctg0Q5w
which may have been short for something else,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfndF3Gk0zm
and her grandson as Other Demons1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuEvjSh5Qd
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWqIYd3FQZ
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAwMwHq2E7
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx16pa43VlG
or something.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdPDLmZF3K
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ODptXlaeO
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.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2AX5ZI9gO
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpGdbg0wDc
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgKL57aisy
you know, get to know them a bit.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlN5e49eEFz
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAMAKVtbOa
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSAHfW67n5
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYiBGWJrsB
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YFLNmWhfY
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wKxtQmI5a
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3qRmQVFFg
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQK2Z46fsX
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KGITcb5jk
and went back to their home, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbGoQmxzXn
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Gxs0wuzrZ
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwAIjgZ11N
to feast on some lonely children1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb2FcNnvX5
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIWpONQobF
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs6UisvjB8
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIFbhDCuer
between a battered Toyota 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwtMXWbTZT
and a hulking four wheel drive.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKByT2uNZV
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHXJgd0dho
up and down office buildings,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHmmXDjfWz
through the desert,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HWoFjiS5D
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq25RcEOjs8
across a river, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMPVn7cz5j
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqCEH75sZ4
of my suburban house.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3QpC31sQW
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfkXX9zQgF
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT5XC4fEuP
under a fading southern cross.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAO96lRB1Sl
Happy Australia Day1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMxguTQDN6
and then Add to home screen.