Delighted to be a part of this sequence, and you can read the other 3 of my TextArt poems on this theme as well as the preceding 4 poems from others (there are more to come) by going here:  http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2023/09/cocaine-hippos-5-hippos-on-cocaine.html

My thanks to Rupert and for his idea: read the following for the background: https://theconversation.com/pablo-escobars-cocaine-hippos-are-a-problem-but-a-lot-of-thought-is-going-into-preventing-their-spread-203603