I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ByCzODi5F
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsetY5f7AfU
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPQcnWi3gQ
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOmAcp0YQj
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ktZcnnM5N
blurry silhouette1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJtuQO5HW8
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YWteDEkBP
after staring at a bright light.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbeeYXpvlv
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zmJyJkWXO
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOr8T0Dlhv
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28EMuJx4q4
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhEq7Pfy3R
blotchy green and purple,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRnBSq9Ep9
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiGjPvAj26
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT05P87CQp
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwWlMljN1A
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCamfGK4NBZ
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgWEn7C3nx
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93auafXY7y
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJivgy903m
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4QdbfjpzK
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbALbr6o3gD
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ns4F2PKOk
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwV7gSUK1K
which was for the good of everyone. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jiyw6Uv9v
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, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRfFueXjxV
the shadow, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVOuEVEUj6
in the chaos, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBp9EZpQa4
so I sat next to a little old lady1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDFQIprsW8
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchG0vdEVq6
It did get more interesting, too, and1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLMKepNVOn
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntbSO2F6IN
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡresxuW7SzN
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IP81x0Rmk
which may have been short for something else,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVTf8dyvZC
and her grandson as Other Demons1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf16fwDDPb
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8B2cYKRIHz
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Pj4E8eYEq
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxT9sa8fLF
or something.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJX1UD5g18
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kE8PnaNF7
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.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6RDQfKuWE
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2ay37dUJ9
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGpd86SU9f
you know, get to know them a bit.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmnVPzWYqo
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q0faFm6Mo
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jdKWk3NfG
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDQyEKNCUe
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SKso5nJUR
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMSMcmAuu1
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOczSEYs8q
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMotpoXwZm
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZNKs0jvac
and went back to their home, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSrh9aNwat
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFJeaYhZIW
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYDYTC5JK9
to feast on some lonely children1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1XB8ASo5V
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9DpHRvVqy
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ979mEavLcW
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJFehdml68
between a battered Toyota 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6Qrp3gWFM
and a hulking four wheel drive.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqQrJlpNC2
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqwTIex2Nw
up and down office buildings,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGMuAdXNhs
through the desert,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uAihFW2eA
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUMfeLUj3R
across a river, 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3r1C8aHGu
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGNRH8ZGEc
of my suburban house.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84c2UGZgLn
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjJG70dF6c
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt38BMrdHML
under a fading southern cross.1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPyn7l5fz2
Happy Australia Day1288Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWSzU2wEYu
and then Add to home screen.