I took a shadow out on a date last night. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3XCZ7ZUAx
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyVawOUH5q
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ9uq6uQwK
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOst9wwYkC
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSt3FU2ssxn
blurry silhouette925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOjIXmzFPH
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ013vGKDWM3
after staring at a bright light.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDWw1I5Eb1
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7J9C2kHfdJ
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQmN1w16CQ
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePQywN55lV
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyq4aXBhEZ
blotchy green and purple,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4luixAMpxB
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qxMj9B7My
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXyQmu2R0Q
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZK8g8jwkJ
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0JsrIkvuu
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD7Azr991i
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqMIKCBSh5
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBnQlKiYdo
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe1RzIFBkp
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8ZuWbWKAv
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrvm47RPNL
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqB4BZMNKn
which was for the good of everyone. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gLdm9ylMG
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, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdI5UQymkM
the shadow, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISkwlQ6csJ
in the chaos, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hJnIwKiyl
so I sat next to a little old lady925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3qT0wgAA8
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc4VdKXLxg
It did get more interesting, too, and925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomiIscl0rl
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczo1qeDmUK
that the shadow had gotten left behind.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn8hmtSEzR
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29y8QH22ct
which may have been short for something else,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOU9yh6gG5e
and her grandson as Other Demons925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhZyxZSvdT
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3LBWcmSOQ
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfMwqnU8OG
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7REFTydoSQ
or something.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYEXzX4FT1
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcPwkOkEeB
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpTH6z6kqp
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Reb7vYJxm
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB9DCHJydf
you know, get to know them a bit.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCgbcPzV75
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWguWNUwVHy
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ202JefFdrN
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RAtHBHNqf
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNbLoszqV9
You’re welcome to come around sometime,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbMYxXWGFx
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu0cwOP0B5
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyALeBfm57
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiM50L5Hink
and went back to their home, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgX9Cgbro3x
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts6t2y3IE7
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMaUyexAev
to feast on some lonely children925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaoAwAKQKm
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwJKhXnWyD
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVdHVWdYjQ
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1vzCKLUZm
between a battered Toyota 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYBXTIhBL3
and a hulking four wheel drive.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoZfyPZMqS
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1OOXIqGuI
up and down office buildings,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdJi1MUTau
through the desert,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTukXMWLeEh
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo5XM7Q8V9
across a river, 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZGZcAkdSd
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRX2nGCf5M
of my suburban house.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXODkvljLHD
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjllpz8dXR
and fell asleep on an old white mattress925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsTAeHwZSs
under a fading southern cross.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePskHZeE4Y
Happy Australia Day925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvaquXQZr4
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