I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzJ1NV0i9n
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JD4BIegjS
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLgx4qNtej
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8D0RE8KyS
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcrLe1ByFa
blurry silhouette1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiHiTDAYai
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2cqu4l3cg
after staring at a bright light.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW37x2CtSIJ
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdh47c0kcK
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCJSzvG01a
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJzdTKzo8q
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGQmGOb2jW
blotchy green and purple,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKfXS9tpgD
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKNBygsYuw
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7FhNsT7pa
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBST4Ni8d3l
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlf8I7JuJM
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHOwUxJW8U
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ0njNRWWx
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4atqvLMF82
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGE9QwBSHo
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k7UnHDWTQ
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrP7wfS1jXa
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRbnXFLPUa
which was for the good of everyone. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bWlAhemIB
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, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyNFgXOyqH
the shadow, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksJgQIbxnU
in the chaos, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FBXfk0nwR
so I sat next to a little old lady1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpwAaNJ1DU
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOIcR2nyBd
It did get more interesting, too, and1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcqjidxZDt
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts95ZfVYkq
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7rj6qikfw
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeutESLFPQ
which may have been short for something else,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3lJm0ada5
and her grandson as Other Demons1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4vnlvfIkF
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdgN9Kms2K
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQFjST7DQm
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZjhR8ENcv
or something.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaS8s88rSR
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhzBZrBf7h
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.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhRvF38tN6
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrTBiKTzCC
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZteJej0jl
you know, get to know them a bit.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWxtUxbErC
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPMeGeWsmE
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1HzeFLKjO
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5F9Shc19BS
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbQHpbprrs
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEtP8JpoBJ
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zPvR49ZeQ
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6Hc0IopHy
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI6rdk05SO
and went back to their home, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLhHvQ99Ay
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ835z9AGGuu
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfE0wt5ijo
to feast on some lonely children1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCdOqlU5mp
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFlD7DIAZr
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeQQko5dpE
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZU35bdnFr
between a battered Toyota 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SthCcRriD
and a hulking four wheel drive.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnLB6cmvRt
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVssCWPNFi
up and down office buildings,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRoQD5qm62
through the desert,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPxdT2FC4U
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOOtdOFrzA
across a river, 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEEvapbQN7
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjfeykhKTN
of my suburban house.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedMajj4OjG
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS29K1g3Qtc
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh85G6JZcb
under a fading southern cross.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmelG2xeLV
Happy Australia Day1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cpL3PhgY9
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