Sharon Olds - The Solution

Finally they got the Singles problem under control, they made it scientific. They opened huge Sex Centers—you could simply go and state what you want and they would find you someone who wanted that too. You would stand under a sign sayingI Like to Be Touched and Heldand when someone came and stood under the sign sayingI Like to Touch and Holdthey would send the two of you off together.

At first it went great. A steady stream of people under the signI Like to Give Pain paired up with a steady...