I Wish

I do not wish to be Queen 
of the Universe
directing everything
and everyone
I do not even wish to be a yenta
with the happiness
of a village
in my hands

But I see a good man, alone
and a woman 
disappointed, betrayed
again and again
and my heart aches 
for these two

And I think 
it would be so easy,
such a natural thing,
and I would like to have
a chessboard or
Parcheesi board and simply
arrange the game pieces
so that 
everyone lives
happily ever after.


Note: The Yiddish word for matchmaker is actually "shadchan", while "yenta" is an old, busybody.  I used the word, "yenta" though, because I thought since Fiddler on the Roof it was more familiarly aligned with matchmaking.

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