The Usefulness of Hippopotamus

<p class=ql-align-justify><span>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. 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 class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span>Humor is medicine. During rough times humor will help lighten and lessen physical and mental anxiety.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span>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 class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span>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>