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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{suburban sprawl}
  trey moody


Once, a neighbor existed, and he had a mailbox.
Mail appeared in his mailbox, and he opened it.

                  Time passes and sprinklers turn the lawns green.

He discovered his own mail was not exclusive to his mailbox.
The mailbox had a number on it, not his name.

                  Once a neighbor existed.

The person living next to this neighbor
was a neighbor. When he noticed his mail missing,
he assumed it would eventually appear. The neighbor
walked to his next-door neighbor’s door
to return his misplaced mail.

                  Often a neighbor realizes he’s a neighbor only in relation.

The next-door neighbor met the neighbor returning his mail.
He realized he had a new next-door neighbor.

                  Sprinklers keep the lawns green as time passes.

Once, a neighbor met his neighbor, who returned his misplaced mail.