The midwife tells Father a new life has begun
A farm; a family; mystique and sun
A land interspersed with villages named Dorps
Vultures seen hovering over a dead Zebra’s corpse
‘Fireworks’ is the horse Father has bought
His purpose is to hunt Jackal… a popular sport
Lions feed before sleeping under a tree
Savannah stretches as far as an eye can see
At night the Crickets chirp; in the day the People sing
In the distance Church bells are heard to ring
The bush is alive with insects and wild game
There’s nothing in this Country that stays the same
The picture is Africa; the decade 1940s
Long before the fight with Mugabe’s forces
© Kenneth Campbell 2012
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