I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMV6nbtFAV4
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNGIPXbuET
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0tlTMKG3l
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilNyxpAPAW
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QwAnh8b9a
blurry silhouette1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLvax2W21A
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIWuUabKzU
after staring at a bright light.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsM2tMtPzA
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDPwcfdNrK
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqAIOXNfzO
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpVIiNPg4d
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3oAcGkcTg
blotchy green and purple,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoYmMB5ppm
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAToT8l2W90
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu6rCOiWu4
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtOMxMItXX
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqd6ZSg3pX
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aRGWtouWR
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXmN4jw911
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjShrqiKna
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaDXtNAbfZ
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5QssHeKly
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTBPwgTFN3
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68ZhBiotge
which was for the good of everyone. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuB4ECAelMN
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, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OiRkMuYzG
the shadow, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ds4Bqc3R5
in the chaos, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFkCZHDMOB
so I sat next to a little old lady1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wHHzmIJgB
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSAOhAgV6M
It did get more interesting, too, and1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5OXT6JMGo
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gfHVHUWFJ
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIrjzcHXEQ
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvGv0g5m0A
which may have been short for something else,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeLtW4nBqL
and her grandson as Other Demons1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmx6NRNpOa
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vZUU6Nrat
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuaTKcaTeU
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7zYTZi5uZ
or something.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcXHt5jTW9
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXawFHq3JZ
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.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEs1dSRqwL
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiktJHMaG8
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2SPPwN370
you know, get to know them a bit.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRqYowVYMl
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZikQuSVX4
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRY9Zld3uW
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtPBKNBTHM
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODVaL4eIHS
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm0DMf9RYi
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv21PFNBfDb
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjLmRG3txk
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmA7g38NLwB
and went back to their home, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSjDTe1YzM
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnINBhnzEJb
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1uoiVSRvT
to feast on some lonely children1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlBxGyYpFH
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3xKptjWmb
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NpRYiMU3X
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVIlJWRuIo
between a battered Toyota 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc1VLkY0sQ
and a hulking four wheel drive.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY4Gn9RMUr
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdfZbTbLas
up and down office buildings,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjejnqcFdt
through the desert,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZJgMbndpU
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQT7bHR4wy
across a river, 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ6IZuySaz
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHTjFa7pra
of my suburban house.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ3ZEhU0EX
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmmIlY1kE7
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKrlrtrq74
under a fading southern cross.1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuUY4QHEo7
Happy Australia Day1318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTApGZZ4yh
and then Add to home screen.