(252)▪︎[ Today’s Scourge … 2•25•2021 ]

[ Sometimes You Should Climb Up On A Tall Ladder &
Look Down @ The World System ]
[ & See That It Is In Fact Broken ]

[ Go To The Beach & See The Broken Coral ]
[ Then Go Downtown & See All Of The Broken Morals ]

[ The Kids Do Not Got ]
[ Any ]
[ Because Their Parents Never Taught ]
[ Them Many ]

[ Now It Is Legal To Stay In Their House ]
[ & Get High ]
[ That Is How He Lost His Spouse ]
[ Because All He Did Was Tell Lie After Lie ]

[ Because He Was Always High He Lost The Ability ]
[ To Tell What Is Reality ]

[ That Kind Of Thinking Gets Handed Down To Their Young
Children ]
[ That’s Why Their Grades Start To Tank ]
[ But The Parents Never Knew Since When ]

[ Children’s Brains Are Nothing But Sponges Ready To Soak
Up All That They See & Hear ]
[ Who Do They Go To When Things Are Not Very Clear? ]
[ If Their Parents Are Always A.W.O.L. Or High ]
[ They Turn To Their Peers ]

[ The Problem Was The Peers Did Not Know More Than They Did ]
[ Because It Was (1) Kid Asking Another Kid ]

[ The Lone Parent @ Home Is Aways Foggy ]
[ Or Groggy ]

[ Making Marijuana & Mushrooms Legal Has Been Like A Curse ]
[ & Made The Family Structure Even Worse ]

[ The Gap Between The Haves & The Have Not’s Is Growing Wider
& Wider By The Year ]
[ Because The Crime Rate Is So High ]
[ People Are Living In Fear ]

[ There Are Plenty Of Students In College Hitting The Books ]
[ Plenty Default On Their Student Loans ]
[ Because They Can Only Get A Job Being Cooks ]

[ The World Needs Cooks Because We All Need To Eat ]
[ Some Of Us Cannot Afford To Buy Pork, Chicken Or Beef ]

[ There Is Something That Is Good To Know ]
[ The Government Says That Unemployment Is @ An All Time Low ]

[ The Public Either Wants To Quit Or Create A Union ]
[ Religious Shows Have Many Followers ]
[ Because There Are Millions Of Catholics Wanting To Take
Holy Communion ]

[ But They Will All Find That It Does No Good ]
[ & That Is Not Thinking That Things Are Misunderstood ]

[ Good Is Bad ]
[ & Most Children Do Not Grow Up With A Loving Dad ]

[ I Guess You Could Say That Men Are The Scourge Of Today’s
Earth ]
[ Some Have Been Evil Since Birth ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(975)▪︎[ Well, Do You? … 11•22•2020 ]

[ Do You Have The Drive ]
[ To Strive ]
[ For Doing The Best While You Are Alive? ]

[ Or Do You Throw A Fit? ]
[ Then Sit ]
[ While You Quit ]
[ Not Wanting To Deal With Anymore Of It? ]

[ It, Being Life ]
[ Then Not Listen To Your Husband Or Wife ]

[ Then Turn Off The Daylight ]
[ Then, While Looking Into The Night ]
[ You Lose Sight ]
[ Of The Right ]
[ Fight ]

[ Selling Your Soul ]
[ To Attempt To Figure Out Your Whole ]
[ Role ]

[ & Then Learn What You Need To Bring ]
[ To Take Your Place ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things ]

[ Do You Know ]
[ Whether To Go ]
[ Fast Or Slow? ]
[ If Someone Says ( NO! ) ]

[ Will You Find The Need ]
[ To Read ]
[ The Instructions To Complete The Deed ]
[ That Makes You Succeed? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(971)▪︎[ How? … 11•20•2020 ]

[ What Do You Do When You Feel Tormented? ]
[ About Something ]
[ That Was Commented ]

[ In Such The Most Sarcastic Way ]
[ It Is More In Their Tone ]
[ Than Just What They Say ]

[ Tone Can Say Alot ]
[ Tone Can Really Put Someone On The Spot ]

[ Do You Out Think Yourself In Your Head ]
[ & Ask Over & Over ]
[ (WAS THAT WHAT HE REALLY SAID?) ]

[ Then You Know ]
[ That You Really Need To Let This Go ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1273)▪︎[ Which Direction? … 10•28•2019 ]

[ When You Go Outside During The Night ]
[ Don’t Look Down @ The Ground ]
[ Look Out Over The Lights ]

[ Not The Lights Coming From The Cars ]
[ Look @ The Lights Coming From The Stars ]

[ The Stars That Are Way Up High ]
[ When You Live In The Country ]
[ The Stars Seem To Cover The Sky ]

[ You Can Be Short Or Tall ]
[ When You Look Up @ The Sky You Feel So Small ]

[ You Can Stand In A Field Of Flowers ]
[ & Feel Weak ]
[ From The Loss Of Your Powers ]
[ & That Took Minutes Not Hours ]

[ Where Do You Go From This Point Of Your Life? ]
[ Do You Have To Walk Towards The Light? ]

[ From All That I Know ]
[ You Don’t Have To Go ]
[ & When You Say [ NO ] ]

[ That Frees You Up For Other Things ]
[ Like Going Overseas To Meet Some Actual Queens & Kings ]

[ Leaving The Country Is Not Always The Best ]
[ The Stress ]
[ Can Press ]
[ On Your Chest ]

[ Can You Forge Ahead Not Really Knowing To Go Which Direction ]
[ When You Make A Decision ]
[ Can You Make Any Corrections? ]

[ Or Can You Get By ]
[ Making Decisions On The Fly? ]

[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & Then Find Out Your Window Is Gone? ]

[ Maybe The Best Thing To Do Would Be To Look Within? ]
[ You Might Find The Strength To Once Again, Begin ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(618)▪︎[ Closed Mind … 7•9•2020 ]

[ So That Is How Things Look To You ]
[ & It Does Not Matter What I Say Or Do? ]
[ That Has Always Been Your Point Of View ]

[ Everytime That He Is Over There He Has Your Ear ]
[ & During All Of This Time ]
[ My Voice Stays Here ]

[ But You Don’t Care ]
[ To Give Me The Same Amount Of Time To Clear The Air ]

[ You Hear Only One Side Of The Story & You Are Satisfied ]
[ & You Don’t Care If You Were Told A Handful Of Lies ]

[ You Are Hooking Your Cart To The Wrong Horse ]
[ He Is Your Grandson ]
[ So You Say (OF COURSE!) ]
[ Well When Things Are Said & Done ]
[ You Really Need To Look @ The Source ]

[ His Way Of Doing Things Is To Conquer & Divide ]
[ Then He Makes You See Only His Side ]

[ I’m 57 Years Old & I’ll Put My Reputation Against His Any Day ]
[ I’ll Always Come Out On Top ]
[ In Every Way ]

[ & I Do Not Need To Stand Up & Plead My Case ]
[ You Have Such A Closed Mind About All Of This ]
[ The Effort & Time Would Just Be A Waste ]

[ I Hold My Head Up High During My Life ]
[ What Have You Heard From Him Or My Wife ]

[ I Am So Very Sure ]
[ That When It Comes To Me ]
[ You Have Not Been Painted A Really Good Picture ]
[ But That Does Not Hold Much Weight You See ]
[ Because It Has Not Been Signed With MY Signature ]

[ You Are Only Judging Me Through What You Hear, Not Actually
From What You See ]
[ You Have Never Heard The Complete Story ]
[ Completely ]

[ If You Don’t Want To Hear IT ]
[ Than I Do Not Care To Hear Any Of Your Bullshit ]

[ You Can Judge Me All That You Want Wendy ]
[ But Keep Your Remarks To Yourself ]
[ Because I’ve Already Heard Too Many ]

[ This May All Sound Rude Or Crude ]
[ It Is All Because The Remarks & Judgements ]
[ Has Changed My Attitude ]
[ About You ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(621)▪︎[ Live & Learn … 10•5•2022 ]

(To My Beautiful Wife …)

[ I Often Think About The Nights When I Talked To This Stranger ]
[ Everything Was Friendly ]
[ Then One Day I Thought My Heart Was In Danger ]

[ The Stranger Eventually Became My Wife ]
[ There Were Many Times That She Saved My Life ]

[ Figuratively ]
[ & Literally ]

[ My Life Was Stuck In Neutral, When We Met ]
[ I Was Sad Every Night Whener She Left ]

[ We Would Talk For Hours About Real Life Things ]
[ About Happy Moments ]
[ & What In Your Life Really Stings ]

[ She Checked Every Box On The List Of (SHE MUST) ]
[ @ The Start Of Our Friendship ]
[ Romance Wasn’t Just ]

[ It Did Not Fit With Me Yet ]
[ I Could Not Fathom How Far This Union Would Get ]

[ 26.5 Years & Still Counting ]
[ Problems Will Always Be There ]
[ They Are Not @ The Moment Mounting ]

[ It Is A Wonderful Feeling Knowing That You Get To Wake-Up
Next To Your Best Friend & Partner All In One ]
[ The Bad Times Are Hard ]
[ But The Good Times Are Alot Of Fun ]

[ We Give Alot More Hugs Than Bump Heads ]
[ She Helps Me Remember, Dispense & Purchase All Of My Meds ]

[ I Remember The Days When I Thought That All We Would Be Was
Good Friends ]
[ This Definitely Is Not One Of Those Dead-Ends ]

[ I Am Not Saying To Run Out & Date Someone From Your
Inner Circle Right NOW ]
[ It Worked For Me ]
[ But I Can Not Tell Anyone A (WHY) Or A (HOW?) ]

[ It Just Worked ]
[ She Married Me & My Quirks ]

[ I Don’t Ever Leave The Seat Up Whenever I Use Her Toilet ]
[ Whenever She Goes In After Me, I Want To Tell Her She
Has No Need To Fret ]

[ I Don’t Have Caveman Manners Or Grew Up In A Barn ]
[ There Will Be No Screams From Downstairs ]
[ Unless Someone Hid The Yarn ]

[ The Big Things Are No Longer A Big Deal ]
[ Because The Person Beside Me Is Real ]

[ Dating A Good Friend Does Not Always Work Out ]
[ It Usually Is Filled With Many Days & Nights Of Doubt ]
[ But Don’t Pout ]

[ Love Can Find You When Your Back Is Turned ]
[ But Many Times Someone Gets Burned ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(620)▪︎[ Does My Dog Drink? … 10•4•2022 ]

[ My Dear ‘Ole Dog Likes To Drink ]
[ I Think ]

[ I See Mounds Of Dirt ]
[ In One Of Them I Can See ]
[ My Favorite Old Shirt ]

[ Maybe Because It Smells Like Me ]
[ It Probably Gave Her Some Good Memories ]

[ I Know That She Loves To Dig ]
[ Sometimes She Moves Dirt With her Nose ]
[ Like A Pig ]

[ But One Day I Dug Down Into Her Mounds ]
[ I Was Amazed In @ What I Found ]
[ I Thought That She Had Put On A Few Pounds ]

[ A Couple Of Years Back, She Chastised Me Because I Did Not
Notice Her Gray Hairs ]
[ They Seemed To Be Growing On Her Chin In Pairs ]

[ THAT Was The Reason Why I Noticed Her Weight Gain ]
[ @ First I Wanted To Refrain ]

[ But I Could Not Figure Out, The One Question That Stumped
Me As I Got Older ]
[ Would She Go Up To An Older Man ]
[ & Tap Him On The Shoulder? ]

[ She Had Such Brazen Fire Irons & She Could Talk To Anyone ]
[ She Would Think That Would Be A Great Deal Of Fun ]

[ That Technique Of Getting Alcohol Predates Even Me ]
[ But It Could Cost Alot ]
[ It Wasn’t Free ]

[ You Would Have To Buy Your Alcohol Plus Give The Stranger
A Big Tip ]
[ I Did Not Want To Give A Rip ]

[ But I Did ]
[ My Confidence Slid ]

[ My Innocent Looking Dog Has A Really Mean Glare ]
[ When She Locks Onto Your Eyes You Wish That You Were
Not There ]

[ It Actually Hurts The Eyes ]
[ You Could Be A Nice Woman ]
[ Or One Of The Toughest Guys ]

[ I Ended Up Not Confronting My Dog ]
[ I Thought That It Would Be Okay ]
[ To Live My Life Like A Bump On A Log ]

[ My Dog Eventually Found The Reason To Try Sobriety ]
[ She Has Been Talking A Bunch To This Older Male Kitty ]

[ Who Am To Split Them Apart? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(885)▪︎[ To Rachel Maddow … 10•21•2020 ]

[ (WATCH WHAT THEY DO, NOT WHAT THEY SAY) ]
[ Is What My Favorite MSNBC Correspondent ]
[ Says Everyday ]

[ But I Also Listen To What She Says ]
[ & How She Says It ]
[ She Has Me Saying (YES) ]
[ To Every Little Bit ]

[ She Speaks Clearly Without Too Much Force ]
[ Her Points Always Makes Sense, Of Course ]

[ Her Sense Of Humor Shows That She Loves To Have
Fun ]
[ Her Pretty Looks Are Passed By None ]
[ Her Style & Professionalism Makes Her Number 1 ]

[ & I Have Noticed How Far She Has Come ]
[ To Being On Just 1 Night A Week ]
[ Now Look Who She Has Become ]
[ The Best Correspondent That I Wait All Day
To Hear Speak ]

[ She Just Has A Certain Way Of Telling The News ]
[ She Has Risen To Such Prominence ]
[ By Paying Her Dues ]
[ She Doesn’t Have To Show Dominance ]
[ Because She May Inject Her Point Of View ]

[ When She Sits In That Chair ]
[ To Share ]
[ What She Has There ]

[ On The Desk In Front Of Her ]

[ She Looks Around @ The People Far & Near ]
[ She Has That Air Of Confidence ]
[ & Gives That Smile That Says (I BELONG HERE!) ]

[ Now MSNBC ]
[ Is The Channel To Watch & See ]
[ What The News Is All About ]
[ All Around Me ]

[ So … ]
[ Rachel Maddow … ]
[ I Just Want You To Know ]
[ That I Say (YOU GO GIRL, GO!) ]

[ Keep Up The Great Work! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(889)▪︎[ Surgery? Yes Please … 10•22•2020 ]

[ It Happened One Morning With Some Pain In
My Neck ]
[ As The Days Went By & The Pain Got Worse ]
[ I Started Wondering If This Was Something That Maybe
I Should Have A Doctor Check ]

[ The Pain Starts @ The Base Of My Head ]
[ & Radiates Down My Right Side ]
[ It All Started One Morning When I Got Out Of Bed ]

[ I Could Turn My Head To The Left & There Was
Very Little Pain ]
[ When I Turned To The Right ]
[ The Pain Is Insane ]

[ I Need To Have It Checked & See What A Doctor Has
To Say ]
[ I Wish This Appointment Was Done Yesterday ]

[ Maybe There Is Another Surgery On The Horizon ]
[ Let Me Go Through It ]
[ So My Life Can Go On ]

[ & Live More Of My Life Possibly Pain Free ]
[ I Just Want The Chance To See ]
[ If A Major Spinal Surgery Will Help Me ]

[ Surgery Would Be The Choice That I Would Choose ]
[ Because With As Much Pain That I Am In ]
[ I Have Nothing To Lose ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(830)▪︎[ It Is What It Is … 9•27•2020 ]

[ Disrespect ]
[ Is That What You Get? ]
[ Or ]
[ Is That What You Have Come To Expect? ]

[ Will It Be A Word Today? ]
[ Or An Action ]
[ That Is Done Or Said In The Most Disrespectful Way? ]

[ You Grew Up, Being Told Repeatedly ]
[ & Then Later, Not So Sweetly ]

[ You Need To Respect Your Elders All Of The Time ]
[ Always ]
[ Anytime & Everytime ]

[ Has That Gone Away Like Love Thy Neighbor? ]
[ Oftentimes ]
[ You Are Not Even Given A Name To Remember ]

[ When & Wherever You Grew Up You Probably Knew All
The Names Of Everyone On Your Block ]
[ Even Before You Figured Out How To Read The Wall Clock ]

[ Society Is So Closed Off & Impersonal ]
[ Now ]
[ No One Wants To Get The Virus While In The B
Terminal ]

[ You Can’t Show A Smile To Anyone While Wearing A Mask ]
[ You Don’t Say (HOW ARE YOU?) ]
[ Because They Can’t Understand Why You’d Even Ask ]

[ Society Has Began To Become Polarized ]
[ Because Of This Curse Of A Virus ]
[ We Can’t Normalize ]
[ Because We Can’t Socialize ]

[ How Can You Show Respect To Someone Who Has To
Stay ]
[ Six Feet Away ]
[ They Probably Would Not Even Understand Or Hear A Nice
Word That You Would Say ]

[ Why Is Respect Missing? ]
[ Nobody Is Kissing ]
[ So They Turn Their Energy Into Dismissing ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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