Minnie Riperton

Expecting

Minnie Riperton


She is thinking of the year, sixteen, 
sixteen 
She is taking down her thoughts, reflecting, 
expecting 
She is musing on her autumn, her dreams, 
her dreams 
She is making up her mind, expecting, 
expecting 
She is certain that she likes his schemes, 
his schemes 
She is waiting in the woods, expecting 
expecting