"Please write (with photo) to Box 152.
Who knows 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?"
This poem sounds to me life it came straight out of clips from different people's dating profiles on a dating website like eharmony. Traditionally dating websites are filled with people of all different interests much like the people described in the poem. They are also looking for people who come from an equally wide range of people. There are bikers seeking touring partners, gay vegetarians searching for someone like them, an executive searching for a bisexual artist, a Jewish woman looking for someone straight and successful, and even a Libran looking for a young non-smoker. The one thing all these different people have in common is that they are all lonely and looking for a companion. They are all looking for someone who accepts them for who they are and who understands them. Also the other requirement that appeared in most of the adds was that they lived in London. I'm curious about why London was repeated so many times or what the significance of this one specific location is. Also I thought it was ironic to call it a "simple wish" because in reality finding someone life that is really quite difficult. The whole reason they even placed this add in the first place is most likely because they couldn't find someone through the traditional methods which just goes to show how difficult it can be to find "the one".
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