Anti-Suicide Grating

In my university accommodation
There is an anti-suicide grating
In the window
That distorts the calling tree.

If I really tried, I could
Probably
Fit an orange through the holes
In the anti-suicide grating
Which cages the window
Of my university accommodation -
To watch it fall.

The anti-suicide grating is meant to block
Smokers, I suppose, and the derring-doers,
Who dangle from windows drunk on dares,
From hurting themselves.
Thank God for the anti-suicide grating!

An anti-suicide grating can be worked around easily.
You can put a sock over a smoke alarm
And smoke away anyway,
And students don’t need windows to peacock.

The anti-suicide grating blocks my view
A bit
To the calling tree,
Who waves and whispers
In so soft and rustling
wintry death
Of fame and falling,
Of festoon and flame.