I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGHPAjkDRQ
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGcmGBisNW
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96CFCGBPsm
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtEUYppyAP
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7d67Un5jVi
blurry silhouette1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3KGvdIYOk
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuchr6LSCS
after staring at a bright light.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKU2vruOnO
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOtzVh1w8O
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5cq4K14NH
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtxEZZ0Trv
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyErqxOak24
blotchy green and purple,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQqBY6bKTc
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQz0a9Jr2I
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i9was9yJl
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0TqHmbrQx
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxQt8XdCgK
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHF7XZU1aZc
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg4aqr0OXG
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1WvaaiXYn
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcr79zOVom
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi04tnjOQXP
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWjXUJjRv5
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkBhm3NX3B
which was for the good of everyone. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKQKS3XnLx
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDI77plgXel
the shadow, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSL7D74xRdc
in the chaos, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eEk6qZ6oh
so I sat next to a little old lady1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOQwqQA7pD
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nIMquTv0R
It did get more interesting, too, and1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyNDyXrO0N
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGfcvJkjpS
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfsfu1P6bL
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yDsnh0yZX
which may have been short for something else,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU62AsDpou
and her grandson as Other Demons1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeTjGKmpx9
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU71KwpHBk2
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGmbkfpwGL
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVBDbuzpSx
or something.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FjzXtciVa
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwaKFClU64
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaFWGKY7aE
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqeueUghje
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGKSKxjKP5
you know, get to know them a bit.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXJ0tEEG84
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIc2AyLnrc
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBgZ5STrNM
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLNzlG3MbV
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnTdgVLkgo
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdARPGEazPV
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpCxRQjPui
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ga85ZelbG
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIbSPF9Exz
and went back to their home, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsYFoxsQq9
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3K0mfYLD7
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Lq4y3FoJs
to feast on some lonely children1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQJCsRSI1M
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXebXEmbdBz
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4DLXc8Z2O
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxvPdHoKcF
between a battered Toyota 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1qnnG0L86
and a hulking four wheel drive.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8yeVP6M0p
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXHurwCM0v
up and down office buildings,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0NXRnuHJ0
through the desert,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NH5405lis
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1T5eSi6LQy
across a river, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNOe2C0202
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo55yzkQwUO
of my suburban house.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iiqAY27MG
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmIWbQoECd
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2TIh9iypY
under a fading southern cross.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZetsWyapw
Happy Australia Day1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU4Eb7gy55
and then Add to home screen.