The house sits on a plateau,

Looking down across the bush,

You might see kudu or giraffe,

Leopard, at a push.

The pool’s cut in the hillside,

You swim right to the edge,

And look down on the world below,

From your elevated ledge.

You feel as if the sky is huge,

That it extends beyond your view,

And you are small beneath it,

This wall of white and blue…

There are warthogs on this land,

That pop up when you least expect,

They race away, their young in tow,

Their heads and tails erect.

It is a place of sheer delight,

This beautiful game ranch,

Everything’s as large as life,

Enough to make you blanch.