When I stay out at night,
The latch key waits
Inside the stone vase
Where our boxwood grows.
Oh dreadful, dreadful thought!
If I’m too late,
It may take root;
Returning, I shall see
Thousands of jangling flowers
Awaiting me.
This piece originally appeared in New Strung Bow, a book of poems written by Sarah Lawrence students that was published in 1932.