I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpgaeIoMvA
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJtDnVdVNs
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1fNADgb55
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfat59t9hL
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu8ZUK3rN7
blurry silhouette1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKb1G85n7I
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybyy5T1UC4
after staring at a bright light.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanEN94Jm2E
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KJRMJUyXn
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCEGLm3Z7r
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lFfzMOnfk
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6AGD9aLeu
blotchy green and purple,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2J5H0zgwb
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4iaIN3Ozl
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQ7rHjs5eZ
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTjI1GOe8Y
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqt2larb8k
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2nRsG1DKJ
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0x5ILgshj3
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMmNLQjTBi
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuEJq6J1ey
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNguGarcyDA
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DQxSK6Dyz
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZm4eJhpNwX
which was for the good of everyone. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsIKnUSd5N
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefR4DIHOdS
the shadow, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbsa7jCkYC
in the chaos, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspx67u7Oja
so I sat next to a little old lady1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnIkJ36qXi
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0RP7mF2Hy
It did get more interesting, too, and1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwntwyq4gC
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvX4Hb7nELP
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8iZNUVH9N
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3Uu4PZFin
which may have been short for something else,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fyY4Ey5z9
and her grandson as Other Demons1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai1nNjIVeA
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpQPRYOfGU
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTewQoUOug
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf560tU2ckx
or something.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF0gNocD5v
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34lJpB5d2L
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.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcAZMpikic
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcEnIjYQtt
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGwH5pOBD5
you know, get to know them a bit.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk19lwFXyE
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOC5pzNCP2T
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZjbDN0lPp
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEKGvTvcUJ
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVScareMKq
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf3thCGTXW
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0f3wmBKJuq
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48J8Gyt7qI
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUmwLY0kXk
and went back to their home, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanexu5uKZi
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bsbujuazw
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeFPVMTmHv
to feast on some lonely children1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWHTdX7bQ5
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡossw4Ex6tY
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgaxfh34eK
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwLCC76CpO
between a battered Toyota 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5mmLl33F9
and a hulking four wheel drive.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUn6j4mbZn
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChNeoWTKIC
up and down office buildings,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR7viVM4rE
through the desert,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum0FnHnRDd
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lPpw5ZyJV
across a river, 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYcV0Qwe51
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQdOgUDsEu
of my suburban house.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwQL8bGDN4
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvepxOCEPe
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtDs8U38NJ
under a fading southern cross.1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6vaCeIzNB
Happy Australia Day1289Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡup2jpNGPL4
and then Add to home screen.