"Lonely Hearts"
by Wendy Cope
The refrain "Can someone make my simple wish come true?" (Cope, 973) is satirizing how specific some lonely hearts columns can be. These people might be lonely because their expectations are too high. They think that all they want is love, but they are looking in the wrong place. Putting an ad in the lonely hearts column wishing that the one person that fits the profile will read it and reply is pretty far-reaching. Though the ads are short and may seem simple, its hard to find a perfect match. And if a person only looks for another that matches their criteria, they could miss out on someone that would be great for them. Love is not based on just a few similar qualities, and love cannot be found from an ad in the newspaper. The repetition of the refrain shows how desperate some of these people can be, and is still satirizing the situation. People need to go out and search for love, they need to meet people in real life and develop it. The title is "lonely hearts" because these people are looking for their idea of a perfect match in a newspaper instead of going out and trying to change their situation.
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