The Usefulness of Hippopotamus

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I am staring at a blank piece of paper wondering what to write. Where do I begin? My mind begins to wander-pleasant thoughts of Disney's Fantasia dance in my head. The dancing hippopotamus comes to mind and this made me laugh. The result: I penned a poem on the hippopotamus from which a chapbook was born: The Usefulness of Hippopotamus: A Humorous Chapbook for Trying Times.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One cannot imagine a world without humor. Without humor the world will be dark cold and a sad place tragically lacking joy cheerfulness and laughter.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Humor is medicine. During rough times humor will help lighten and lessen physical and mental anxiety.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In challenging times I chose humor. During the Pandemic I had to deal with my bladder cancer. In my struggle not to get depressed or dwell in negativity to find solace contentment and peace I chose to seek out beauty and laugh.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In search of happiness the humor worked its charm resulting in a treasure chest of joy. So I wrote my chapbook The Usefulness of Hippopotamus: A Humorous Chapbook for Trying Times and discovered humor even among the hippopotami!</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You can too.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Peace & flowers.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Love & light.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>