(132)▪︎[ It Was A Good One … 2•10•2021 ]

[ Damn, That Was Going So Well ]
[ & Then The ‘VID ]
[ Shot That To Hell ]

[ I Had A Really Good Thing Going There ]
[ & Now They Have No More Magazines To Share ]

[ It Built-Up My Collection By Doubling It’s Size ]
[ & Now Because Of The VID ’19 ]
[ That Whole Agreement Died ]

[ It Was Really Clear ]
[ That Was One Of The Best Things About Coming
Up Here ]

[ She Was Kind Of Short With Me When I Asked ]
[ I Am Glad That She Couldn’t See My Displeasure ]
[ That I Was Hiding Behind This STEELERS Mask ]

[ I Wanted To Ask ( WHAT? & WHY? ) ]
[ They Have No Idea How Hard They Are To Find ]
[ & How Expensive They Are To Buy ]

[ So I Refrained From Saying Something Snide ]
[ & I Did A Good Job To Hide ]

[ My Disappointment Of It All ]
[ I Guess That Nullifies The Reason To Look For A Florist Up Here
To Give A Call ]

[ I Used To Want To Give Them Flowers As A Big Thank You ]
[ So I Guess That Puts A Check In Another Box ]
[ Of Something On My List That I Won’t Have To Do ]

[ That Leaves More Money In My Wallet ]
[ There By Leaving More In My Pocket ]

[ Oh Well, After Everything Is Said & Done ]
[ I’d Have To Say ( THAT IT WAS A GOOD RUN ) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(80)▪︎[ One Story … 1•23•2020 ]

[ I Write One Story & Then Everybody Thinks I Have More
To Say ]
[ How Did Things Get This Way? ]

[ I Write Story After Story After Story ]
[ Looking For Understanding ]
[ Not Glory ]

[ What Would Glory Look Like? ]
[ Would I Know It When I See It? ]
[ Would It Be Said Through A Mike? ]

[ When You Write From The Heart ]
[ You Brace Yourself ]
[ For That One Person Who Wants To Tear You Apart ]

[ You Can’t Entertain Everyone All Of The Time ]
[ Afterall, I Only Write Stories That Rhyme ]

[ I’m Not On This Earth To Entertain You ]
[ Maybe, Just Maybe ]
[ You’ll Like A Story Or Two ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(375)▪︎[ Ms. Allison … 5•26•2022 ]

[ When There Was A Knock On The Door, Who Could It Be ]
[ It Was A Younger, Smiling Caregiver, I See ]

[ Her Name Was Allison, Or Alli To Her Friends, She Was Stating ]
[ I Would Give Her An (A+) If I Was Going To Give Her A Rating ]

[ She Conquered Every Task ]
[ When Asked ]

[ She Smiled @ Me, Instead Of Having A Bad Attitude ]
[ She Showed Me An Even Amount Of Gratitude ]

[ When Given Something Small In Size ]
[ She Gave Me A Smile That Maked Me Realize ]

[ How Nice It Is To Be Smiled @ ]
[ Instead Of Yelled @ ]
[ Or Glared @ ]

[ Some CG Just Come To Earn A Paycheck ]
[ Not Just To Keep An Eye Open ]
[ So They Can Peak In & Check ]

[ Allison Was Confident But Not Really Full Of Herself ]
[ She Also Doesn’t Compare Herself To Anyone Else ]

[ She Was A One Of A Kind ]
[ In Everyone’s Mind ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(57)▪︎[ Don’t … Or Won’t … 1•15•2020 ]

[ Help Me Up When I Fall ]
[ Answer The Phone When I Call ]

[ Be Excited To Think About What’s Next ]
[ Answer Me In A Timely Manner, When I Text ]

[ Be Quick ]
[ To Help Me When I’m Sick ]

[ When I’m Waiting For You @ The Door ]
[ Come Running Across The Floor ]

[ Please Don’t Make A Peep ]
[ When I’ve Finally Gone Into A Deep ]
[ Sleep ]

[ Don’t Blatantly Watch The Clock ]
[ When We’re Finally Able To Sit Down & Talk ]

[ You Can Never Go Wrong ]
[ When You Take A Little Time Out Of Your Day ]
[ To Sing Me A Song ]

[ I Thank The Big Man Above ]
[ For Giving You The Want & Ability To Show Me Your Love ]

[ Thank You God For Not Letting Me Be Done ]
[ When There Are Those Times ]
[ When Life Was No Fun ]

[ The Joy That It Brings ]
[ Comes Out When You Act Like A Kid ]
[ Playing On The Swings ]

[ Never Make Up An Excuse ]
[ When You Point The Finger & Accuse ]

[ Help Me Be The Man ]
[ That I Think I Can ]

[ Please Spend The Rest Of Your Life ]
[ Putting Forth The Effort To Be The Very Best Wife ]

[ I Try Every Night ]
[ To Be Your Guiding Light ]

[ Then During The Day ]
[ I’ll Make A Path To Show You The Way ]

[ I Have A Son, Not A Daughter ]
[ So Please Give Me The Strength ]
[ To Be A Loving, Understanding, Non-Judgmental Father ]

[ Don’t Push Our Love Off Of A Cliff ]
[ Just Because We Have A Rift ]

[ I Hope I Never Give You The Shaft ]
[ By Not Giving You An Oar ]
[ In Life’s Raft ]

[ Your Love ]
[ Covers My Heart ]
[ Like A Tight Fitting Glove ]

[ You Are Worth Every Dime ]
[ Of My Time ]

[ I Don’t Ever Want You To Run ]
[ When You’re Angry ]
[ & Think That We’re Done ]

[ You Never Needed A Book ]
[ To Teach Yourself How To Cook ]

[ Always Think That Is The Norm ]
[ When I Want To Protect You ]
[ From An Incoming Storm ]

[ Never Think Of It Is A Joke ]
[ When It’s Cold Outside ]
[ & I Offer You My Coat ]

[ I Won’t Give A Hoot ]
[ If You Want To Go Out & Buy ]
[ A Brand New Pair Of Boots ]

[ I Always Feel That I’m Doing A Good Deed ]
[ When I Help Those In Need ]

[ During The Times That We Fight ]
[ I Don’t Ever Want To Lose Sight ]
[ Of What We Both Know Is Right ]

[ Please Help Me Show My Son ]
[ That He & I Are Not Done ]

[ You’ve Had My Heart ]
[ From The Very Start ]

[ I’ve Always Known That You Could ]
[ Once You Agreed That You Would ]

[ When We’re Apart ]
[ I Feel An Ache In My Heart ]
[ I’ve Tried To Do My Part ]
[ Since The Very Start ]

[ When You Used Come Over & Talk For Hours Every
Night ]
[ It Made My Outlook On The Next More Bright ]

[ Please Don’t Build A Fence
[ With A Long Silence ]

[ All Of The Time That I Spend With You, Is A Play ]
[ Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(75)▪︎[ Why? … 1•20•2020 ]

[ Why Do I See The Need To Write How I Feel? ]
[ Is It To Earn My Next Meal? ]

[ No ]
[ That’s Not How Things Go ]

[ In The World That I Live ]
[ Spilling Your Feelings ]
[ Is Too Much Show & Give ]

[ Some People Think That If Someone Gives Them Their Heart ]
[ It’s Their God-Given Right ]
[ To Rip It Apart ]

[ & When Your Heart Has Been Torn ]
[ It Never Heals Right Again ]
[ Because It Feels So Worn ]

[ Out! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1017)▪︎[ Confusing Thoughts … 12•2•2020 ]

[ Another Day Of Confusing Thoughts Running
Through My Mind ]
[ Another Day That I Would Not Rewind ]

[ Thoughts Float In Like Clouds On Air ]
[ Some Floated By So Fast ]
[ I Never Realized They Were There ]

[ There Was Not One Thought About Some Thoughts ]
[ But For Some, I Have Lots ]
[ They Spread Out Like Dots ]
[ Spread Out In A Long Line ]
[ Pointing Me In The Direction ]
[ To Go Dakine ]

[ Did It Always Lead Me To The Promise Land? ]
[ Did That Thought Help Me Stand? ]
[ Up ]
[ & Fight Against All Of The Demands? ]
[ If Yes ]
[ Then Who Will Take The Command? ]

[ Me? You? ]
[ It Usually Just Takes One ]
[ Maybe Now It Takes 2 ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(59)▪︎[ Paris, France … 1•16•2020 ]

[ When I Was Sittin’ In The Park In Paris France ]
[ The Music In My Head ]
[ Made Me Want To Stand Up & Dance ]
[ But Instead ]
[ I Got Cold Feet & Didn’t Want To Take A Chance ]

[ A Chance Of Embarrassing Myself ]
[ @ The Time ]
[ I Couldn’t Think Of Anything Else ]

[ Dance Without Music Playing Out Loud ]
[ What If I Looked So Silly ]
[ I Drew A Crowd? ]

[ Oh How Embarrassing That Could Be ]
[ For Me ]
[ I’d Probably Shrink To My Knees ]
[ & Crawl Into The Sea ]

[ Then I’d Want To Be Unrecognizable ]
[ Not Desirable ]

[ I Would Have Really Liked To Have Gathered Up All Of
My Hodge Podge ]
[ & Taken The First Amtrak Train Out Of Dodge ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(566)▪︎[ Team SATURDAY … 9•4•2022 ]

[ Well Jori, You & Team Saturday Forever Changed My Life ]
[ Because Of Unforseen Circumstances ]
[ Myself & My Wife ]

[ Had To Stop ]
[ I Am Sorry That It Feels Like An Abrupt Drop ]

[ We Are Trying To Stay On Our Feet ]
[ But In The Meantime We Will Have To Remember All That You
Have Taught Us When We Sit Down To Eat ]

[ We Started The WW Program (2) Years After 2010 ]
[ I Did Not Want To Do It ]
[ & Then … ]

[ Eventually I Reached My Goal ]
[ So I Thought That I Could Reach (LIFE TIME) ]
[ Since I Was On A Roll ]

[ No Joking About Bread ]
[ I Was Talking About Hard Work Instead ]

[ We Stumbled Into (TEAM SATURDAY) & You Off Of A
Recommendation From Another Member ]
[ Right Now, I Wish I Could Remember ]

[ Who To Thank ]
[ But My Mind Draws A Blank ]

[ Now Let Me Explain Something To My (TEAM SATURDAY)
Members About What I Do During Our Weekly Meetings ]
[ I Write A Story With What I Hear So I Can Read It @ A
Different Time ]
[ I Am Also Not Just Reading ]

[ No Checking On Facebook During My WW Time ]
[ As I Listen To All Of The Day’s Information ]
[ I Will Take Notes By Writing A Story That Will Rhyme ]

[ Then I Can Go Back & Read What I Wrote ]
[ For Me, That Is Much Better Than Taking A Couple Of Notes ]

[ Jori, We Thank You For All Of Your Guidance & Advice ]
[ Everytime I Went To The Meeting I Wondered How You’d
Be Dressed ]
[ & Every Single Meeting You Were Always So Nice ]

[ You Were ½ The Reason That We Succeeded, The Other ½
Was Because Of Those Who Were On The Same Journey ]
[ Each Person Walks The Path Differently ]

[ Sherpa Steps, One After The Other ]
[ Trusting Your Brother ]

[ (TEAM SATURDAY) Was The Best, Most Inclusive, Supportive
Group Of People That We Had Ever Met ]
[ People Would Come & Go ]
[ But The Core Group Was Set ]

[ The Only Thing That I’ve Been A Part Of Longer, In Years, Is My
Marriage, 26 & Counting ]
[ We Are Sorry About Being So Hit & Miss Towards The End ]
[ Since The ‘VID19, Pressure Had Been Mounting ]

[ Please Know That This Was Because Of Unfortunate Problems &
Nothing More ]
[ There Have Been Surprises Galore ]

[ Who Knows, When Things Level Out ]
[ We Will Come Back, To Where People Shout ]

[ T E A M S A T U R D A Y! ]

[ Thank You All ]
[ Nicole & Robert DeVoe ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(71)▪︎[ Why Do I? … 1•19•2020 ]

[ How & Why Do I Stay Sober? ]
[ It’s Not Because I Found A Field Covered With Four
Leaf Clover ]

[ Every Day That I Did Not Take A Drink ]
[ I Didn’t Spend One Minute Living On The Brink ]

[ Of Ruining My Life ]
[ Because I Cherish My Son & Wife ]

[ In College I Became A Week-End Drinker ]
[ But That Didn’t Cause Me To Be A Foggy Thinker ]

[ It Did Seem That I Got Drunk Real Quick ]
[ I Was Always Thankful That Come Morning I Never
Had A Hangover Or Got Sick ]

[ I Never Did Aquire A Taste For Beer Or Wine ]
[ Even When We Went Out To Dine ]

[ I Don’t Think That I Ever Had A Drink When We Were Out
About The Town ]
[ I Never Threw Up Or Fell Down ]

[ My Dad Shot Himself When He Came Home Drunk From
The Bar ]
[ @ Least He Didn’t Kill Anybody With His Car ]

[ That’s One Of The Reasons Alcohol Has No Place In My Life ]
[ I’m So Thankful I Have A Like-Minded Thinking Wife ]

[ I’ve Celebrated With Alcohol Once In The Last 34 Years ]
[ Getting Hooked & Addicted Brings Me No Fears ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Brings People To Tears ]

[ Alcohol Alcohol, It’s Not For Me ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Is Not Something That I Will Be ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1436)▪︎[ Life, Or … ? … 12•28•2019 ]

[ Life & Death ]
[ Is Like The Difference Between Snorting Coke ]
[ & Smoking Meth ]

[ Cocaine Sends You On A Mello High ]
[ Meth Can Send You Spiraling Down ]
[ Until You Die ]

[ Actually I Don’t Have Experience With Either One Of These ]
[ I Just Know From What I Read ]
[ To Understand It ]
[ You Don’t Have To Have An M.D. ]

[ After Your Name ]
[ We All Play The Same Game ]
[ The Results Just Might Not Be The Same ]
[ But Then Why Do You Point The Finger ]
[ @ Someone To Blame? ]

[ I Don’t Think That’s Right ]
[ Especially If They Don’t Want To Put Up A Fight ]

[ When You Point The Finger, Three Are Pointing Back Your Way ]
[ Does That Make For A Positive Day? ]
[ So, Do You Have A Say? ]

[ Hell Yes, You Do ]
[ Who Is Going To Stand Up For You, Except You? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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