I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWGU36GTqc
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoeTlqQmN1
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliVcJhGJGB
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXOM8iI7ZS
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASYQLDH53f
blurry silhouette1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bkgk2wBLv
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34I1n6gRPH
after staring at a bright light.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc2zBh5D32
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonnIZy3AI2
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFuojmUIlI
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiv1YiHSBXo
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBWNggGRau
blotchy green and purple,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡestGrMF7HH
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkG9OKFbgr
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MUjjHXF68
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoebRI2c1N
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33aYVzguWD
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbWgRzafEO
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtUpdbVZ2s
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0mpxPYfeO
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KE98FbWBH
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j9LnKQ0MY
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FeWGU8g8Z
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCr1pMwuqQ7
which was for the good of everyone. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21covehKOm
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, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI682lO9kwQ
the shadow, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0eM8LohhT
in the chaos, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvBZndgxz0
so I sat next to a little old lady1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9D82OwJXN
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1muIwyt0Q
It did get more interesting, too, and1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3va9tg0Uvw
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xWRJ6cjdm
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4kEjYQbgq
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H4pVDVDIy
which may have been short for something else,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8er4p8vA8
and her grandson as Other Demons1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡds9yuQaOyt
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn2XZnUHpY
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4hF23nbZs
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrwZpJPrB2
or something.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoUMS1uW6H
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TjbMaFkFI
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.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zrU6x3IUc
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq0E5fAmqr
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5a61r2wb5
you know, get to know them a bit.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wk4iVGZvJ
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfOBrhUVkU
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Yiup47vFW
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUt1zqPftNN
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6jxSX5KvH
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uJxssSa9A
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxmArfvHrZ
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxutJY5Scs
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVJH2bTuhi
and went back to their home, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8IoQOgMTV
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb0E5RL4hW
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNbCmAcx2H
to feast on some lonely children1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgOlcDo6wd
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLZQX60V0Q
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwiA0s41eK
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtXikhqIZ8
between a battered Toyota 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8fE8Gz9Ht
and a hulking four wheel drive.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYupXxwzLrz
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpod8V3Bex
up and down office buildings,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvEjgKprqB
through the desert,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX9x1Dr4GS
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4gOZNL7Ks
across a river, 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPH6xBVwr5
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMsuh66Ueo
of my suburban house.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoX8hj3TpNr
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf3GBaH4iX
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8gkFeVoLi
under a fading southern cross.1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH30ij1n7u
Happy Australia Day1354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFFk7xqNYg
and then Add to home screen.