Sheila. She's my wife, you know. And I love her.
Two finds in one day! Exposition:
So, who is this Sheila devotee? A man? A woman? What prompted this public declaration? Why Energy Park Drive, a rundown industrial park area in St. Paul? Did they just get married? Is their marriage in trouble, and was this a way to affirm their commitment? Did the person show it to Sheila proudly? Was she appropriately mortified?
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Is She?
What if Sheila is not in the accusative case, but in the vocative case? Could the statement be an instruction to Sheila to forget about the affair, because the writer isn't leaving hir wife? Ah, heartbreak.
Mike
Comma
Ha! I didn't think of that. "I love my wife, Sheila." Ze didn't include a comma, though. Such interpretive potential!
Also, did you notice that the "I" as in "I love" is different from the I's in "Sheila" and "wife"? Wonder if that was a conscious choice? :P
Sheila
2 Board Alley
Maybe Sheila wrote the message and she loves her wife.
Emphasis
The "I" difference suggests that the first I is emphasized. In which case Sheila could be a second person, who does not love her wife. The sentence is then (the text in brackets to get the meaning across)
(at least) *I* love my wife, Sheila (even if you do not)
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:-(