(175)▪︎[ Waiting For That Reprimand … 2026 ]

[ Do You Even Remotely Know The Person That Always Sits Across The Table From You ]
[ Is There Ever A Clue ]
[ That They Know What You Are Going Through? ]

[ Do They Even Take On The Task ]
[ To Use Their Words & Ask? ]

[ They Don’t Want To Step Outside Of Their Comfort Zone ]
[ & Let Their Intentions Be Known ]
[ They Would Rather Leave You All Alone ]
[ Than Pick Up The Phone ]

[ & Call ]
[ When Humpty Dumpty Fell Off That Wall ]
[ Maybe His Friends Made Him Feel Small ]
[ When Everyone Ignored Him The Last Time He Went To The Mall ]

[ Sometimes Relationships Start To Get Boring ]
[ Than Maybe One Side Does Alot Of Ignoring ]

[ Of The Other Person ]
[ So Neither Side Gets The Other Side’s Best Version ]

[ Of A Friend ]
[ It Used To Be Where Each Other Would Bend ]
[ & The Friendship Was Something To Defend ]

[ But Lines Have Been Drawn In The Sand ]
[ It Looks Like One Side Now Makes Demands ]
[ Than If They Are Not Followed ]
[ Someone Gets A Reprimand ]

[ Is There Ever A Neutral Site ]
[ To Go To? ]
[ Or Does The Other Side Always Want To Fight ]
[ Like (2) Animals In The Zoo? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Other Cultures … 2026 ]

What’s a cultural tradition from another country that you wish existed in yours?

[ What Cultural Tradition? ]

[ One Tradition From Other Cultures That Would Be Nice Is The Tradition Of Taking Care Of Your Parents First & Foremost ]

[ Other Cultures Welcome In Their Aging Parents ]

[ In America, The Tradition Seems To Be Once Parents Are Past The Age Of (65yrs) Old, If They Can Afford It, They Split The Family & Put Them In “Retirement Houses”, Then Forget About Them! ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Visiting … 2026 ]

What are the biggest mistakes people make when visiting your country?

[ What Mistakes … 2026 ]

[ One Mistake You Feel Is Made Is Thinking That “The American Dream” Is Still Alive & Doing Well ]

[ Another Mistake Is That They Feel That Americans Should/Need To Speak Their Countries Language ]

[ Another Mistake Is Thinking That They Can Get Stuff For Free ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(157)▪︎[ It Is All Gone … 2026 ]

[ You Feel Like You Were Watching The Deterioration Of Your Body ]
[ & Your Brain ]
[ It Feels Like You Have Been Run Over By A Freight Train ]

[ Being Wobbly Has Been Nothing New ]
[ If Someone Were To Ask How Many Times? ]
[ You Would Say Many Times Multiplied By (2) ]

[ Your Muscles Have Atrophied Beyond Repair ]
[ If You Were Ever To See Good Muscle On The Legs ]
[ You Would Quickly Whisper To Yourself, “I’d Take A Pair!” ]

[ Your Abs Ran Out Of Town Before Ever Being Seen ]
[ You Almost Caught Them Peeking Out ]
[ When You Were Training To Be Lean ]

[ @ Least You Were Trying ]
[ Instead Of Sitting In Your Basement Crying ]

[ During Your Strongest Hay Day ]
[ You Tried To Lift Heavy ]
[ While Controlling What You Weighed ]

[ All Of The Hard Days Lifting To Prepare You For Your Elder Years ]
[ Never Soothed Your Fears ]

[ Now That You See That It Was A Complete Waste Of Time ]
[ Causes You Silent Rage ]
[ It Would Have Been More Rewarding If You Went Out & Committed A Crime ]
[ & Been Locked Up In A Cage ]

[ It Is A Crime What Happened To Your Body ]
[ You Should Have Known Something Was Going Wrong ]
[ When Things Started Looking Oddly ]
[ It Sure Did Not Take That Long ]

[ For All Of Your Muscle Mass To Whither Away ]
[ You Don’t Find This To Be Okay ]
[ But You Do See That These Changes Are Here To Stay ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Movie … 2026 ]

What’s a moment in your life that felt like it was straight out of a movie?

[ What Was The Moment? ]

[ The Very First Time That You Became A World Champion In Your Federation Competing In Powerlifting Bench Press ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Book … 2026 ]

What’s the first book you ever finished and still remember to this day?

[ What Is The Book You Remember? ]

[ Before You Went Through The Riot That Took Your Career Away You Tried To Read As Many Non-Fiction Books On Serial Murderers As You Could Find ]

[ Post- Riot … Now You Have Trouble Comprehending What You Have Read From One Paragraph To The Next ]

[ When You Were In Your Late Teens You Read An Article About John Douglas, An FBI Profiler. That Totally Fascinated You. Getting Inside How Serial Murderers Thought Was Also Very Fascinating ]

[ You Filled @ Least (2) (18gal) Totes With Just Books Based On Serial Murderers ]

[ The Very 1st Serial Killer Book Was Titled, “The Yorkshire Ripper” & It Was About A Serial Killer In England ]

[ This Guy Was Brutal ]

[ He Was Given The Name “The Yorkshire Ripper” Because The Brutality Of The Crime Reminded The Law Enforcement Over There Of The Infamous “Jack The Ripper” ]

[ One Murderer That Was Never Caught ]

[ Of Course This Caused Conspiracy Nuts To Go Nuts ]

[ Authorities Never Figured That Murder Spree Out ]

[ You Don’t Remember The Victims Names Or How Many There Were ]

[ Then The Yorkshire Ripper Slipped Up & A Woman Got Away From Him ]

[ A Survivor ]

[ So Many Victims & One Survivor ]

[ But They Still Did Not Have A Suspect ]

[ One Day The Survivor Noticed A Calendar Hanging Up In A Store, Advertising A Trucking Company ]

[ The Man Of That Month Was A Picture Of The Man That Attempted To Kill Her ]

[ That Was How The Yorkshire Ripper Was Caught ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(183)▪︎[ Don’t Strain … 2026 ]

[ Why Should You Ever Feel The Need To Hide? ]
[ Is It Because Of The Pain That You Feel Inside? ]
[ Is It Because When You Last Spoke ]
[ She Insinuated That You Lied? ]
[ & That Almost Caused You To Choke ]

[ The Words ]
[ That You Heard ]
[ Really Caused You To Hurt ]

[ You Know That You Shouldn’t ]
[ You Thought That She Wouldn’t ]

[ Cross That Line, But In The End, She Did ]
[ That Was Why You Hid ]
[ Just Like When You Were A Little Kid ]

[ Gone Was The Dream ]
[ Because You Thought That You Were Part Of The Team ]

[ Now That Dream Leaves A Stench ]
[ You Should Have Known That It Would Have Been A Stretch ]
[ For You To Ever Get Off Of The Bench ]

[ Why Was That? ]
[ Just When You Thought You Were Living Your (8th) Life Of A Cat ]

[ It Was Like You Got A Smack ]
[ On Your Back ]

[ It Has Thrown You For A Loop ]
[ Because You Never Thought As A Group ]
[ They Would Ever Stoop ]

[ This Low ]
[ But It Just Goes To Show ]
[ That When You Have Tried To Grow ]
[ There Will Still Be Alot Of Things That You Will Never Know ]

[ Sometimes It Seems Like The Things That You Don’t Know Will Out Number The Things That You Do ]
[ Could You Save Your Money ]
[ & Try To Buy Yourself A Clue? ]

[ Will That Kind Of Thinking Come All The Way Around ]
[ & Knock You To The Ground? ]

[ Through The Years ]
[ After Shedding Many Tears ]
[ You Have Heard A Whole Lot Bad Ideas ]
[ Go Through Your Ears ]

[ You Found That Fear & Anxiety Kills ]
[ As Fast As Overdosing On Prescription Pills ]
[ & As Quick As The North Wind Chills ]

[ There Is No Coming Back, When You Become That Lost ]
[ In The Dark Of The Night, Don’t You Realize The Cost? ]

[ Man, Woman, Boy Or Girl ]
[ If You Do Not Like Where You Are ]
[ In The Blink Of An Eye You Can Change Your World ]

[ Life Is So Short, You Should Live For Today ]
[ Do What You Want, Within Reason ]
[ Don’t Always Follow What Other People Say ]

[ Even When It Doesn’t Rain ]
[ Use Your Brain ]
[ Live In A Comfortable Manner ]
[ Don’t Strain ]

[ Straining Your Body ]
[ Is Not Good For Anybody ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Budget … 2026 ]

If you had an unlimited budget for 24 hours, what would you do?

[ If You Had An Unlimited Budget … ]

[ You Would Pay Up To (5yrs) Of The Cost To Run A Camp That Is For Families With Disabled Children That Is Called “Camp Attitude” That Is Located Here In Oregon ]

[ You Would Set-Up College Scholarships For Students That Are From Your High School ]

[ You Would Set-Up Scholarships For Needy Families ]

[ You Would Triple The Yearly Pay Of Every One Of The Caregivers That Are Working For You ]

[ You Would Make Some Kinds Of Scholarships For Kids & Teenagers That Are In Foster Care ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(184)▪︎[ It Is A Choice … 2026 ]

[ They Say That You Should Live Every Day Like It Is Your Last ]
[ You Have Also Heard That If You Don’t Want To Repeat Your Mistakes ]
[ You Should Never Forget Your Past ]
[ You Feel If You Have Special People Around You, Tell Them How You Feel About Them Fast ]

[ Life Changes In The Blink Of An Eye ]
[ Because Of Someone Making A Mistake ]
[ Or Because Someone Has Been Telling A Lie ]
[ & Being Fake ]

[ In The Blink Of An Eye You Could Also Tell A Friend, “I Love & Respect You” ]
[ Not Because Of What They Say ]
[ Maybe It’s Because Of What They Do ]
[ From Day To Day ]

[ Alot Of People Are Only Wrapped Up Into Themselves ]
[ & Not Be True To Anyone Else ]

[ It Becomes Really Clear ]
[ That They Only Love The Reflection In The Mirror ]
[ But In The Dark Of The Night ]
[ & Their Own Heartbeat Is The Only Thing That They Hear ]
[ It Becomes An Internal Fight ]
[ To Control A Tear ]

[ What Do They Have To Lose? ]
[ If They Choose ]
[ To Let The Tears Loose? ]

[ It Is That Internal War ]
[ That Eats @ Their Core ]
[ Then Keeping Their External Shell Alive ]
[ That Becomes A Chore ]
[ In Their Pursuit To Thrive ]

[ Not Sharing Their Love With The Ones That Matter ]
[ Can Cause A Relationship To Shatter ]
[ While The Emotional Gap Between You & Others ]
[ Only Gets Fatter ]

[ For Some, Honesty ]
[ Is Not Their Top Priority ]
[ & Modesty ]
[ Is Not Their Favorite Policy ]

[ For Some People It Shows ]
[ That The World Ends @ The Tip Of Their Nose ]
[ & This Is How You Have Chosen ]
[ To Bring This Poetic Story To A Close ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(562)▪︎[ No Sleeping … 7-8-2021 ]

[ As You Listen To The Loud Tik Tok ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]

[ You Wish For One Single Night That You Could Be Like A Normal Person ]
[ You Would Want The Sleepy Version ]

[ The Kind That Could Go To Sleep Before 0500hrs In The Night ]
[ The Version Where You Would Not Have To Put Up A Fight ]

[ To Get A Night Of Deep ]
[ Sleep ]
[ Without Hearing A Single Peep ]

[ You Would Take Your Liquid Knock-Out Sleeping Med ]
[ Then You Just Wait Until It Messes With Your Head ]

[ It Is The Kind Of Med That Knocks You Senseless ]
[ But It Also Leaves You Completely Defenseless ]

[ Less Is More ]
[ & More Puts You Face Down On The Floor ]
[ Left To Be Victimized By Whomever Shall Come In That Door ]

[ You Had A Premonition Years Ago That He Was Destined To Do You Harm ]
[ That Was From Years Ago When He Attempted To Hurt Your Arm ]

[ He Cannot Dictate Whether You Take Your Sleep Med @ Night ]
[ You Cannot Control If He Wanted To Come In & Fight ]

[ To Protect Yourself From Death ]
[ You Would Fight Him Until Your Last Breath ]

[ So There Is Alot Of Things @ Night That Make You Worry ]
[ There Are Alot Of Things That Cause Sleep To Not Arrive In A Hurry ]

[ You Sometimes Have To Watch The Clock As 0100hrs, 0300hrs & 0400hrs Goes By ]
[ You Sit Or Lay There Wondering, “Why?” ]

[ Why Can’t You Be One Of Those Lucky Guys? ]
[ Who Can Go To Sleep, Just By Closing Their Eyes ]

[ Even When You Are Able To Fall Asleep, It Is Never Restful Or Good ]
[ You Guess The Word, “Sleep” In Your Brain Was Misunderstood ]

[ As You Sit For Awhile ]
[ You Look @ The Ceiling ]
[ Then You Look Down @ The Cold Tile ]

[ You Only Have The Power ]
[ To Sleep For Five Or Six Hours ]

[ When You Wake ]
[ You Feel Tired ]
[ & Your Muscles Ache ]

[ Those Are The Times When You Wish That You Had Never Closed Your Eyes In The First Place ]
[ Sometimes You Feel That All Of The Effort Is A Waste ]

[ You No Longer Like Going To Bed ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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