GREAT READS → MUSINGS Issue 986 · November 15, 2023

If You Could Say No  

A Plea for Single People to Reclaim Their Agency

If You Could Say No  

Today is the day!

Your friend got engaged

And will wed in L.A.!

 

Get a dress on, and makeup,

And your highest-heeled shoes.

You must go to the vort.

You do not get to choose.

“Single” means no good excuses, and so

To vort, Shabbos Kallah, and wedding you go.

 

You may think, “I have college! I’ve got stuff to do!

And I can’t buy plane tickets and pay my rent, too!

And emotionally I can’t do this. No way.”

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