[401][ Are You Ever Ready? … 4•22•2020 ]

[ Who Is Ever Ready For Change? ]
[ That Feels Like You Have To Take Stock In Your Life ]
[ & Then Rearrange ]

[ Rearrange For A New Idea? ]
[ Is That Like Looking For New Furniture ]
[ & Going To Akea? ]

[ Maybe You Can Search Their Catalog ]
[ If They Are Not Backlogged ]

[ But Do You Get To Test An Idea Like You Can Test Out
Furniture? ]
[ Then You Can Come Up With Your Own Nomenclature ]

[ Where Does The Idea Go? ]
[ In The Upper Part Of The Brain? ]
[ Or Down Low? ]

[ Not Down Low With The Other Meaning ]
[ That Definition Can Be Demeaning ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 374 ]▪︎[ Stay Apart … 4•15•2020 ]

[ They Say It’s Best That We Stay Apart A Little Bit ]
[ But Do You Do Laps Around Your Living Room? ]
[ Stand, Lay Down Or Sit? ]

[ How Do You Keep Yourself Going? ]
[ When The Ideas Are Slowing? ]

[ How Are Things Going To Fit? ]
[ When You Feel That You Lost Your Wit? ]

[ & Your Good Sense ]
[ Has Lost Its Suspense ]
[ & Is Now Behind That Locked Fence ]

[ Can You Open That Lock ]
[ Before Your Watch ]
[ Says It’s 2 O’clock? ]

[ What Happens ]
[ Then? ]
[ When? ]

[ I Guess There’s Nothing ]
[ That Can Be Done ]
[ So That Makes Something ]
[ To Run From ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[ 383 ]▪︎[ Sorry … 4•17•2020 ]

[ I’m Sorry, Mom & Dad ]
[ About The News ]
[ That Made You, Sad ]

[ I Have To Make This So Clear ]
[ That You Can Always Shed A Tear ]
[ From There To Here ]

[ Good Friends Will Always See ]
[ That Friendship ]
[ Is The Way That Things Will Forever Be ]

[ You Will Never Be Far Apart ]
[ Because He Is Forever ]
[ In Your Memories & Heart ]

[ Surround Your Friend With The Love & Care ]
[ That She Needs ]
[ & Be Able To Share ]
[ Your Necklace Of Beads ]

[ Maybe I Didn’t Get That One Correct ]
[ Well, Since I’m Not Catholic ]
[ What Did You Expect? ]

[ Today & Tommorow ]
[ Will Be Filled With Sadness & Sorrow ]

[ I Believe Your Faith Does Say ]
[ That Now He’ll Walk With God ]
[ For Forever & A Day ]

[ It’s Hard To Realize That You Can’t Get Any Hugs From Any
Other Family Members ]
[ I Hope We Can Give You One In September Or November ]

[ I’m Sure Glad That It Wasn’t Either One Of You ]
[ Life Would Never Be The Same ]
[ If We Couldn’t Show How Much We Love You Two ]

[ I’m Going To Make This The End ]
[ I Send My Empathy To You Both ]
[ Because Of The Passing Of Your Close Friend ]

[ Much Love From Us To You, Mom & Dad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[336]▪︎[ Sea Of Tranquility … 5•7•2022 ]

[ I Was Lost On The Sea Of Tranquility ]
[ I Had No Oar Or Motor ]
[ There Was No Ability ]

[ To Get To An Island ]
[ Or Dry Sand ]

[ Water ]
[ & Falter ]

[ Surrounded Me ]
[ It Seemed That All I Could See ]
[ Was The Sea ]

[ I Do Not Normally Give Up On Something Without A Fight ]
[ But I Could Not See Any Help In Sight ]

[ When I Had No Oar ]
[ I Could Not Paddle For ]

[ Or In Any Direction ]
[ When You Are On The Ocean ]
[ It Is Hard To Make Corrections ]

[ When In The The Calm, You Are A Sitting Duck ]
[ When The Big Waves Come ]
[ You Are Totally Fucked ]

[ You Are @ The Mercy Of Nature ]
[ So There Are So Many Situations Where You Are Not So Sure ]

[ Right Now, The Sky Is Incredibly Blue ]
[ All Of Those Stories About The Ocean Sky’s Were True ]

[ It Is The Water Where You Must Show Concern ]
[ Even If The Sun Is The Natural Thing That Will Burn ]

[ What Are Your Plans ]
[ Once You Get Back To Land? ]

[ When? ]
[ What About If? ]
[ & If Then? ]

[ How Do You Not Get Into This Predicament Again? ]
[ How Can You Tell If It Is Starting To Begin? ]

[ Once You Put Your First Foot In That Specific Boat? ]
[ Do You Yell (WHOA!) ]

[ Words Are Going To Stop You? ]
[ Says Who? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[319]▪︎[ Remember? … 4•28•2022 ]

[ Go Swiftly Into The Night ]
[ Without A Fight ]
[ Waiting For The Uplifting Morning Light ]

[ Nighttime ]
[ Should Not Be Frightime ]

[ It Should Be A Time Of Relaxation ]
[ It Should Not Be A Time Of Consternation ]

[ Anxiety Is The Worst When It‘s Dark ]
[ You Hear The Wind & The Hard Rain ]
[ Contrasted By The Occasional Dog Bark ]

[ There Are No Lights On Your Street ]
[ There Is No Moonlight To Let You See The Person You Might
Meet ]

[ There Are Moonless Nights When You Can’t See Your Hand
When It Is Right In Front Of Your Face ]
[ That Is When You Have Your Keys In Your Left Hand ]
[ & The Right Hand Has A Tight Grip Of Your Canister Of Mace ]

[ It Is Not Because Of The Occasional Neighborhood Kid
Flying By On His Mountain Bike ]
[ It Is Because Of Your Past & The People You Did Not Like ]

[ Your Past Took You Down Many Winding Paths Where Nobody1
Likes To Go ]
[ You Just Do Not Want To Run Into Someone That You
Used To Know ]

[ Back Then You Were Ashamed & Embarrassed By The Things That
Used To Occupy Your Time ]
[ While Others Were Making Bank ]
[ You Could Not Even Find A Dime ]

[ You Know That Is All In The Past? ]
[ When You Put Your Heart Into It ]
[ You Made A Change Really Fast ]

[ Nobody Is Perfect By Any Means ]
[ But People Have To Choose (1) Side Or The Other ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Being In-Between ]

[ Pick (1) With All Of Your Best Effort ]
[ & Stay Out Of Prison ]
[ Always Remember Your Dates In Court ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[316]▪︎[ Such Good Care … 4•25•2022 ]

[ I Have Had Caregivers (CG’s) For @ Least The Last (6) Or (7)
Years Now In My House ]
[ Some Haven’t, But Most Have ]
[ Met My Spouse ]

[ Most Of Them She Approved ]
[ A Couple Of Them I Had To Call Their Agency ]
[ To Have Them Removed ]

[ (2) CG’s Planned A Burglary That Really Did Me Wrong ]
[ When We Came Home After A Day Away ]
[ I Noticed That Alot Of My Belongings Were Gone ]

[ That Knocked My Sense Of Trust Against The Wall ]
[ But Then The Good, Honest & Hard Working CG’s That I Have
Come To Have ]
[ Showed Me That Kind Of Thinking Wasn’t Thought By All ]

[ CG’s Run The Gamut Of How Society Is Like ]
[ Some Are Qualified To Drive A Car ]
[ While Others Only Know How To Peddle A Bike ]

[ Most CG’s Are Hard Working, Loving Women ]
[ They Will Do Most Anything ]
[ They Just Need To Be Told The How, If & When ]

[ I Like Consistency When It Comes To Who Is In My Home ]
[ When The Doorbell Rings ]
[ It Is Always The Unknown ]

[ More CG’s Are On The Honest Side ]
[ As Opposed To The Many CG’s That Have Stolen From Me & Lied ]

[ CG’s Are Such A Big Help When They Are Here On Shift ]
[ When The CG & I Have A Good Connection ]
[ She Is A Tremendous Lift ]
[ & Her Care Is A Life Saving Gift ]

[ A Good CG Far Outweighs The Bad ]
[ A Good CG Does Not Come To My Door Sad ]
[ A Good CG Holds Off From Getting Mad ]
[ Being A Good CG Is Not A Fad ]

[ Having A Caring CG Is Really Nice ]
[ But The One’s That Come Across Like Ice ]
[ Do Not Come Here Twice ]

[ Really Good CG’s Are Really Hard To Find ]
[ A Good CG Is A Special Kind ]

[ Of Woman ]
[ Not A Man ]

[ They Just Do Not Have The Caring In Them ]
[ A Good CG Is Never A (HIM) ]

[ I Have Zero Control On Who Is Sent ]
[ I Could Put 1,000 Thank You’s In A Bucket ]
[ & Say (THAT WAS TIME WELL SPENT) ]
[ When It Comes To Good Days & Nights With My CG’s ]
[ That Number Does Not Make A Dent ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[011]▪︎[ So … 1•5•2021 ]

[ Frustration Sets Out All Over The Land ]
[ Because All People Hear ]
[ Is Demand After Demand After Demand ]

[ Everyone Is Demanding, But Nobody Is Doing ]
[ & If Someone Screws Up ]
[ Others Will Be Suing ]

[ People Can Sue ]
[ Because Of What Others Do ]
[ & If They Don’t Like You ]
[ They Can Sue You, Too ]

[ & People Named Jack Or Jill ]
[ Could Be Working On Bills ]
[ Or Pills ]

[ Others ]
[ Could Be Talking With Brothers ]
[ & Or Mothers ]

[ But Why ]
[ Would Others Lie? ]

[ They Won’t Know ]
[ So ]
[ Then They Have To Go ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[003]▪︎[ That Is How I Want It … 1•2•2021 ]

[ It Is A Completely New Year, But It Is The Same Kind Of
Treatment ]
[ If Nothing More ]
[ It Seems Like A Clear Statement ]

[ A Statement Saying That (THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED) ]
[ The Priorities Have Not Been Rearranged ]
[ But Maybe Pre-Arranged ]

[ Arranged To Somome Else’s Liking ]
[ It Would Not Be Because I Like Hiking ]

[ Because I Just Like To Walk ]
[ While I Talk ]

[ Because I Must Confess ]
[ That There Is Nothing More ]
[ Or Nothing Less ]

[ Because You See ]
[ That Is Just How I Like Things To Be ]
[ For Me ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[290]▪︎[ Drunk In The Trunk … 4•21•2022 ]

[ Awile Ago I Wrote A Story About My Drunk Dog ]
[ After My Dog Proof Read It ]
[ She Allowed Me To Post It On My Blog ]

[ Whenever My Blog Got A (LIKE) On Her Story I Would Let
Her Know ]
[ She Would Point Her Nose Up & Bark (SO) ]

[ Sad To Say She Is Still Drinking Until She Gets Drunk ]
[ (1) Day I Could Not Find Her Until I Heard Snoring
Coming From The Car Trunk ]

[ My Dog Has Never Been Accused Of Being Boring ]
[ It Was Entertaing Listening To Her Snoring ]

[ My Dog Is A Really Good Functioning Alcoholic ]
[ She Drinks To Excess Every Night On The Days That End
In (Y) ]
[ She Has Never Called In Sick ]

[ I Cannot Get Her Off Her (MD20/20)
[ In Her Doghouse ]
[ I Have Found That She Always Has Plenty ]

[ Why Can’t She Be A Good Dog, Instead Of The Hassle She Is ]
[ (1) Night She Was So Drunk ]
[ She Was Chasing Some Of The Neoghbohood Kids ]

[ She Doesn’t Go Goth ]
[ She Eats Some Dish Soap ]
[ So All The Kids Thinks She Is Ill Because Of The Froth ]

[ I Always Have To Explain To The Neighbors Who Has The
Thought In Their Head ]
[ I Tell Them (NO, SHE IS NOT ONE OF THE WALKING DEAD!) ]

[ My Son Thinks That I Should Not Tell Them ]
[ I Just Don’t Want My Drunk Dog To Become A Problem ]

[ I Sure Am Glad That She Does Not Have Access To The Car Keys ]
[ Than She Would Go Wherever She Pleased ]

[ Well She Does This Now ]
[ To The Degree Of Alcohol She Guzzels ]
[ I Have No Idea How ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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[005]▪︎[ The Yin & The Yang … 1•2•2022 ]

[ Learn. Fail. Learn. Fail. Learn More ]
[ Be More Flexible Than A Board ]

[ The (LEARN/FAIL) Combination Should Happen Throughout
Your Life ]
[ With The Exception Of Picking A Husband Or Wife ]

[ You Don’t Want To Have A Spinning Door When It Would Come
To Picking A Spouse ]
[ Then Having A Good Cat To Chase Down That Lone Mouse ]

[ All Through Life You Should Be Learning ]
[ The Desire Should Always Be Burning ]

[ You Have Never Met The Guy ]
[ That Is As Good As It Gets ]
[ On The First Try ]

[ But You Have To Make It Known ]
[ It Is Not Easy To Write A Poem ]

[ It Takes Quite A Long Time ]
[ To Write A Story That Will Rhyme ]

[ Even Having A Family There Are Times Of (LEARN/FAIL) ]
[ But It Might Be Too Late If Your Child Is Headed To Jail ]

[ But Jail/Prison Has Their Own Set Of Rules ]
[ But Those People Never Used All Of Their Tools ]

[ They Should Have Learned While Growing Up ]
[ Some People Never Filled Up Their Learning Cup ]

[ Learning & Failing Is All About Growing ]
[ But You Should Never Think That You Are All-Knowing ]

[ They Say That To Be Tough Is To Fragile ]
[ To Be Tender Is To Be Truly Fierce ]
[ With Most Things In Life, Learning Is Gradual ]

[ Would That Be The Yin & The Yang Of The Universe? ]
[ Either Do Or Succumb To This Way ]
[ Or Things Could Get Alot Worse? ]

[ Fragile, Is The Opposite Of Tough ]
[ The Opposite Of Smooth, Is Rough ]

[ You Must Know (1), To Know The Other ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Go Through The Discipline Of The
Father ]
[ To Truly Appreciate The Comfort Given To You By The Mother ]

[ Fail/Learn, Fail/Learn ]
[ Sometimes The Whole Lesson Is A Serious Burn ]
[ Or Gives You Something To Yearn ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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