I took a shadow out on a date last night. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4g6lY9P2D
We looked at each other with mutual understanding, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugdkRv9yTR
and on a picnic blanket nestled down to watch the fireworks.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHLbyu1Esp
The sun’s stain oozed around the edge of the horizon,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHbGLiBVdP
and suddenly my date was nothing more than some 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lYbTuOstx
blurry silhouette1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5U14ChRgJp
like those weird purple-green blotches you see 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTTikv5gEH
after staring at a bright light.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoiJPwi0kO
Cold? I asked, but there was no answer, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6G28cYyFW0
and it hadn’t been a question anyway,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK6nbhNozl
but my date couldn’t care less about whether or not I wanted a blanket.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtN1Mr6av6
He was cold and unfeeling and barely there, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSIh9qVCGB
blotchy green and purple,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqwvIeSsM2
fading every few seconds into the scenery, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi0l4K4Xkr
which wasn’t pleasant either, mainly rubbish and1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1in78oGG9m
dead bushes.
The fireworks started, only to be interrupted halfway through by1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMpZK2RBuf
an Alien Invasion. It turned out okay though. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXfuHAJAdk
Their spinning starcrafts had been driving past,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3vJNiz0x8
and they had only wanted to see the fireworks,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpqGxrS50t
so in true patriotic spirit we welcomed them. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73eSpm5AfQ
How could any of us deny them such a simple wish1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K23NLy0GF
on such a lovely humid sticky yukky night?1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eq8pbBiQB
Then some of the babies got scared of their glowy eyestalks, and started crying, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPhxL0ZOWV
so the aliens got moved to a cordoned section1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWfVgcYcaU
which was for the good of everyone. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygrcqwcedF
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, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSFVt4SJy8
the shadow, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP7Fjtodnp
in the chaos, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IlPptkgIj
so I sat next to a little old lady1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJUQ2XutW8
and her grandson, and the evening got a hell of a lot weirder. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97o1iZ9Iwq
It did get more interesting, too, and1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFLsi2FGvz
secretly, I thought it was probably a good thing 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6ekBRuPMj
that the shadow had gotten left behind.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRU2B2kjf8
The little old lady then introduced herself as Connie, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaOqkzGZpl
which may have been short for something else,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4jrM18Y34
and her grandson as Other Demons1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBK05wdyssc
(which I thought was not very subtle).
Because it turns out that they were demons,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AGU5xrvhF
I could tell by the way their forked tail lashed in the long grass,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTX4DT9930
shifty eyes all yellow aglow, fogged up by some metaphors for misery,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46GbjyjXas
or something.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20rqRFMUBj
I certainly hadn’t been expecting THAT tonight, anyway,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTtOpsASB3
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.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCMvKeBHkn
If you ever meet a demon, be nice. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccqioHUBlp
It had seemed random at the time.
I decided to have a little conversation,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSMQhJ0coC
you know, get to know them a bit.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JK5bBhqN1
With a soundtrack of crackling thunder-like booms 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGYIS13CM5
and sparks of ether raining down in the night sky,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPvNYWOJQz
I realised that actually, they maybe weren’t all that bad. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoB1s439wr
They were eccentric, but good hearted, probably.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaUeVbslSk
You’re welcome to come around sometime,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgqHXtv9RW
I said, at 84 Osborne street. 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrjs97MkM6
I channelled some literature; don’t bother knocking, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU2XdhOnCZ
and they smiled, I think, a frowny smile, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hPSdYJcmA
and went back to their home, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVWAdlYciE
flapping away into the clouds on black leathery wings 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrv0S2QQui
which reminded me of liquorice.
Later I found out that they’d been on their way1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCNPYgQTFC
to feast on some lonely children1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxznERkB1vk
but had gotten sidetracked by fireworks,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMVnNRzV2O
as you do.
The fireworks had ended already1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRpsBvRmsL
by the time I made my way back to the sleigh I’d parked 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0qOexXGwD
between a battered Toyota 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3i3c15YUc
and a hulking four wheel drive.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WOAez0VwW
My eight kangaroos pulled me all the way back,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3VSstC7eQ
up and down office buildings,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbxtvbQIRO
through the desert,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTfLHuKryC
around and around a roundabout (we got caught in the whirl)1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIKvSSuX7v
across a river, 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURJFD7paRc
over the milky way,
and then we pulled up on the lawn 1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExdHfwzjSu
of my suburban house.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKLBONWCui
Walking inside, I flopped face down, doll-like,1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMrugyVQn3
and fell asleep on an old white mattress1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZKApnF1DM
under a fading southern cross.1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNVfcpMlMl
Happy Australia Day1101Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0l0SKEG9a
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