Alone Without A Home

The single tax

Is regrettably a fact

In a society which favours

Couples and families, not Lone Rangers

To afford to live alone

Is an unattainable luxury

When the housing rental market

Has gone utterly bat-shit crazy

It’s hardly your own fault

If your not involved or spliced

But it rubs salt into the wound 

When there’s no discount for living the single life

You shouldn’t have to flatshare

Over the age of thirty 

Your ‘student’ years should be way behind you

You should be entitled to residing independently 

It’s bad enough

You cannot split the bills

Without having to cough up for extortionate rental sums

And God forbid you’re a woman

Likely a victim of the salary gender gap

Another nail in your coffin

Another in the face slap!

And then if you want to travel

There’s the single supplement

It seems everything’s geared towards couples

No wonder poor singles lament!

And for the record

I’m quite enjoying being ‘alone’

Focusing on myself

Being free to wander and roam

No one controlling me

Being needy or suffocating

It’s actually pure bliss

And extremely liberating

But when it comes to finding a home

It’s virtually impossible right now

The odds are stacked against us solitaires

It’s a national disgrace but true somehow!

Rent caps need to happen

Social housing needs to be built

Concessions for one occupant 

And stop making us feel guilt

For being unsuccessful in love

As if it isn’t already tough enough

Coupledom isn’t the be all and end all

There’s more to life than codependency – so bog off!

More and more people

Are finding themselves unwed

Divorce is on the up

Hardly anyone is committed to anyone until death

So stop penalising these individuals 

For something that is out of their control

You can’t just order a spouse online

But everyone has a right to an affordable home.