I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIF9cZKnrU
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SEVDKDI9F
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk3e9vBE9R
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2JF7D0TUd
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dOSo0gtES
blurry silhouette1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQdJMZfWZK
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDoQY24xWS
after staring at a bright light.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2tE7PBllr
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiXpUb8DEY
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ56jAywbeI
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx9EMoSnyf
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBphZnOLnkA
blotchy green and purple,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaSupU3uKn
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiO9mFLwUb
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUbN4kzaY6
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWA6Y2rdyZ
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotqzLoJ0QG
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMpkVQ250e
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8MytOv8BH
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwx3u5izdjH
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYc2Wuzi33C
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2yiOCID7X
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl5vgu4TpT
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9nZFQmNeg
which was for the good of everyone. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nX15oHOkk
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, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF96oB26ifM
the shadow, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngs8wttS7v
in the chaos, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVOlfkA4Wf
so I sat next to a little old lady1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ch7b1PqvR
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42OsZZ4rjh
It did get more interesting, too, and1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AzA5zk5Zj
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47advAOQmV
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0Sh6hs25N
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpY5RnJJXTS
which may have been short for something else,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLnkpGltQ1
and her grandson as Other Demons1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4txfsym3y
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutBhtq5Zs3
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlW48fZS7x
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk0tfE5axN
or something.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUrb76vaDw
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVfiD6FvNF
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.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOugtTppNRs
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPmhCx5oiX
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCOmsCH8s1
you know, get to know them a bit.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fYrfbdXv0
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMKE8zegVX
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM48O7Z6qoU
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqpT6zZaUY
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb2E9GZmnp
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaeLFPQM5H
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVNw7xG748
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q2FExcqVR
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cEdTVAPHn
and went back to their home, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6ria7OO2K
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IRjqnGfa2
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HsRnzposK
to feast on some lonely children1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNMgq5aFPU
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLdHg9aEjK
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC1OiAMUu8
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOZmdfiCIA
between a battered Toyota 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PLWjhtMiQ
and a hulking four wheel drive.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hP9EDYpyp
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSB1mTupXc7
up and down office buildings,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcEzQZ5qja
through the desert,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbqn5eU3Dt
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHCIMTP1sh
across a river, 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUusqzkBQ6X
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9ECb2ceXK
of my suburban house.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7E8QlZRhI
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsh7krpmD3h
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXUco7fKCF
under a fading southern cross.1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwBfRYnX6j
Happy Australia Day1355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwHcQUjTnl
and then Add to home screen.