Lonely Hearts   Wendy Cope

Can someone make my simple wish come true?

Male biker seeks female for touring fun.

Do you live in North London? Is it you?

Gay vegetarian whose friends are few,

I’m into music, Shakespeare and the sun.

Can someone make my simple wish come true?

Executive in search of something new –

Perhaps bisexual woan, arty, young.

Do you live in North London? Is it you?

Successful, straight and solvent? I am too –

Attractive Jewish lady with a son.

Can someone make my simple wish come true?

I’m Libran, inexperienced and blue –

Need slim non-smoker, under twenty-one.

Do you live in North London? Is it you?

Please write (with photo) to Box 152.

Who knows where it may lead where it may lead once we’ve begun?

Can someone make my simple wish come true?

Do you live in North London? Is it you?