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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{a little notice}
  michael estabrook


Ever since that fateful day back in 1979
when my friend Ron came home early
from a business trip
to surprise his wife
and encountered a strange car
in his driveway
and her alone with another man
hanging curtains in their bedroom
I always call home
if I expect to be early
just to give my wife a little notice
should she happen to need it
for some reason or another.