[ To Get Away With The Perfect Murder ]
[ They Have To Jump Over A Bunch Of Hurdles ]
[ The First Thing They Must Do Is Sell Their Soul ]
[ To The Devil ]
[ To Put Them In A Hole ]
[ They Truly Believe That To Take A Soul They Must First Give
Up One ]
[ But For Some ]
[ Usually It’s One & Done ]
[ But When They Commit More ]
[ That Makes Them A Much Bigger Horror ]
[ Maybe They Are Giving Up The Souls Of Those That They Love ]
[ Then Knowing That Their Souls Would Never Go Up High
Above ]
[ No Pearly Gates For Those That They Knew ]
[ Nobody Going Up Higher Than The Sky Is Blue ]
[ They Must First Become Quite The Incredible ]
[ Believable ]
[ Liar ]
[ They Must Be Able To Keep A Straight Face While Walking
Through A Blazing Fire ]
[ Being Devoid Of Emotion, While Keeping A Straight Face ]
[ Going In & Out Of Their Place ]
[ Without Leaving Any Trace ]
[ Of Fingerprints Or DNA Evidence ]
[ Not Leaving Footprints Where They Jumped Over The Fence ]
[ They Can’t Have Any Prying Eyes ]
[ Being Able To Tell Believable Lies ]
[ Then Be Able To Console Those That Have Crying Eyes ]
[ Of Any Girls Or Guys ]
[ Being Able To Lie ]
[ While Having A Rock Solid Alibi ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ Unless They Want To Give The Police An Easy Bust ]
[ Sometimes The Saying Of ( NO BODY, NO EASY CONVICTION )
Is Spot On ]
[ One Day They Were Here ]
[ & The Next Day They Were Gone ]
[ Maybe They Can Make It Look Like An Unfortunate ]
[ Accident ]
[ Witnesses Only Benefit A Prosecutors Case ]
[ Even When Their Story Is So Far Off Base ]
[ Maybe The Perfect Murder Is The One That Was Never Committed ]
[ Then They Won’t Need To Worry About What They Omitted ]
[ But Not Admitted ]
[ From The Story They Would Have To Tell ]
[ Because There Is No Getting Back Your Soul Once It Is Headed
Towards Hell ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Author: rdvoe165
I Am A 62yrs Young Man, That Just Enjoys Writing Short Poetic Stories From My Thoughts. I Hope That You Enjoy Them As Much As I Do Writing Them.
(623)▪︎[ Read Between The Lines … 7•26•2021 ]
[ Some Words ]
[ Are Like Birds ]
[ Some Are Only Seen & Some Are Only Heard ]
[ Do You Listen, Read Or Write? ]
[ Do You Listen In The Dark? ]
[ Then Read When You Have Light? ]
[ Some Words Have Double Or Triple Meanings For Them ]
[ @ Times That Can Cause A Problem ]
[ @ Times, People Can Get Misled ]
[ By How The Words Are Said ]
[ They Can Be In Different Languages Or Different Scripts ]
[ They Can Be Documents ]
[ Or Legal Writs ]
[ Words Can Fill Out An Essay ]
[ Or Tell Someone How Tall They Are ]
[ Or What They Weigh ]
[ They Can Be Misconstrued ]
[ Or Used To Be Downright Rude ]
[ Lewd ]
[ Or Crude ]
[ Some Words Have Hidden Meanings That Might Sound Fine ]
[ All By Itself ]
[ But When You Read Between The Lines ]
[ It Means Something Else ]
[ Something Totally Different ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(610)▪︎[ Philanthropy @ It’s Best … 7•24•2021 ]
[ ( YOU GAVE AWAY YOUR LAST PIECE OF PIZZA ) Is What You
Said ]
[ Now Being Hungry Tomorrow, Is What You Dread ]
[ It Is Not Like You Gave Away, Tomorrows Meal ]
[ But Now, You Might Know, How Hunger Will Feel ]
[ Maybe It Was, For A Good Cause ]
[ It Definitely Made The Man, That You Gave It To, Pause ]
[ He Looked Hungrier Than You’ve Ever Been ]
[ You Gave Him The Food Because Of What He Said ]
[ He Knew Someday That He Would Get A Meal Again ]
[ But He Just, Did Not Know, When ]
[ You Told Him The When, Because You Knew It Was Now ]
[ Then You Would Fend For Yourself, Somehow ]
[ You Would Go Back To Your Humble Home To See What
You Could Do ]
[ You Know With What You Have In Your Cabinets Or
Refrigerator You Could Fix Something New ]
[ But First ]
[ You Must Take Care Of Your Thirst ]
[ You Remembered That When You Were Younger ]
[ It Was Much Easier To Deal With Hunger ]
[ Back Then, You Could Always Count Of A Friend Or Two ]
[ Back Then, Like Now, Real Friends Are Few ]
[ @ Least One Friend That You Have,, Can Be Counted On To Help
You Out ]
[ This One Friend Was The One Who Gave You No Reason To
Ever Doubt ]
[ She Has Always Been There In Times Of Need ]
[ She Has Always Been There Whenever You Have Needed
Something To Eat ]
[ She Gave Like She Lived ]
[ She Has Spent Her Whole Life, Looking For Ways To Give ]
[ She Would Always Do Her Part ]
[ To Give From The Heart ]
[ She Is The One That Taught You How To Give To Those That
Have Really Needed It ]
[ & She Showed You How To Weed Through Others Piles Of
Bullshit ]
[ A Good Friend In Your Life ]
[ Beats 10 Fake Friends Holding A Knife ]
[ Always Ready To Attack ]
[ But Always & Only From The Back ]
[ That Is Why You Always Keep Your Friend Near ]
[ Either In Sight ]
[ Or By Phone, So You Can Hear ]
[ Your Friends Voice ]
[ Put A Joke In Your Ear ]
[ Only Good Folk ]
[ Are Quick With A Joke ]
[ & Contrary To Others Beliefs ]
[ She Knows What She Is Doing ]
[ When It Comes To Giving Others, Some Relief ]
[ If There Is Ever Talk Of Reimbursement ]
[ That Always Ends In A Disagreement ]
[ She Says That There Never Is An Argument To Be Made ]
[ She Never Thinks About Getting Back What She Gave ]
[ With No Regrets ]
[ She Has Said, That Is The End Of The Subject ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(1152)▪︎[ Your Reflection … 9•12•2019 ]
[ Can You Look In The Mirror & Be Happy With
What It Reflects? ]
[ Do You Have To Look Closely To Find Any Defects? ]
[ What If The Total Number Is None? ]
[ Are Your Efforts Done? ]
[ Is It One For All ]
[ & All For One? ]
[ Then The Battle Is Over ]
[ & There’s No More Fun ]
[ Do You Really Know What To Look For? ]
[ Is It Hiding Behind That Door? ]
[ Has It Fallen To Your Feet? ]
[ Okay, Do You Know When You’ve Been Beat? ]
[ Ahh, This Makes Me Hungry ]
[ So Let’s Get Us Something To Eat ]
[ What Happens When You Find ]
[ What You’ve Been Looking For In Your Mind? ]
[ Will That Put You In The Mood To Rewind? ]
[ Or … ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1153)▪︎[ One Day Over & Over … 9•12•2019 ]
[ Could Others Imagine Reliving One Day Over & Over & Over Again? ]
[ Yes, You Can ]
[ & You Remember When This Merry-Go-Round Began ]
[ It Began On A Sweltering Hot Day in August 2002 ]
[ What Affects You Now, May Not Affect Others, Too ]
[ It Was A Very Muggy Day That Quickly Turned To Night ]
[ You Were A Witness To An Event ]
[ That Affected Your Hearing & Sight ]
[ The Thing That You Could Not Prevent ]
[ Was Something That Started With A Fight ]
[ It Was More Like A Beating ]
[ But One Half Of Those Combatants Used A Fire Extinguisher ]
[ & That Was Cheating ]
[ It Seemed Like There Was A Beating Every Half Hour ]
[ As You Stood In The Office ]
[ Feeling Like You Had No Power ]
[ You Didn’t Want To Just Sit ]
[ You Wanted To Go Out On The Floor ]
[ & End It ]
[ But You Were Directed To Do Nothing ]
[ Not Even Something During Those (3), Very Long Hours ]
[ No, Not A Thing ]
[ You Had To Wait ]
[ & See What The State S.W.A.T. Team Had To Bring ]
[ With Their Shouts ]
[ They Were Able To Get You Out ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(540)▪︎[ Lies … 7•3•2021 ]
[ When I Wake-Up & Open Up My Tired Eyes ]
[ I Will Wonder How Many Times People Will Try To Get By Me
By Telling Their Many Lies ]
[ Why Do So Many People Have An Allergy With The Truth? ]
[ They Would Even Try To Tell You That There Are No Peanuts
In A Candy Bar Called ( BABY RUTH ) ]
[ Some People Just Lie & Lie Some More ]
[ They Would Even Lie About The Color Of A Door ]
[ That Is Until The Truth Comes Out ]
[ Then They Will Be Asked ( WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? ) ]
[ Why? ]
[ Do People Lie? ]
[ Is It Just To One Up Another? ]
[ While Growing Up To Being An Adult ]
[ Do Most People Lie To Their Father Or Mother? ]
[ How Far Does That Get You In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]
[ Not Very Far I Guess ]
[ You Don’t Always Have To Say ( YES ) ]
[ That Is The Quickest Way To Getting Yourself In A Mess ]
[ Some People Lie To Get False Bravado ]
[ Then How Far Does That Go? ]
[ Not Very Far ]
[ That Would Be Like Having ( LIQUID COURAGE ) In A Bar ]
[ Lies Can Catch Up To You Really Fast ]
[ You Need To Have A Good Memory Of What You Said Last ]
[ But Most Don’t ]
[ Will People Stick Around? ]
[ Most Won’t ]
[ Then You Are Back To Being Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(684)▪︎[ Are You Sure? … 8•17•2021 ]
[ You Just Read One Of The First Stories That You
Wrote @ The Beginning Of The 2020 Year ]
[ It Was Full Of Cheer ]
[ That A New Decade Was Here ]
[ I Guess The Saying (WHAT YOU DON’t KNOW WON’t HURT
YOU) Should Go Double ]
[ Because The Start Of The Decade Was Nothing But Death &
Trouble ]
[ A Fortune Teller Would Had Never Seen This In Her Mind ]
[ The Year Was The Worse Of Any Kind ]
[ A Flu Was Making People Sick ]
[ What Happened Really Quick ]
[ Was The ‘VID ’19 Virus, Turned Into A Pandemic ]
[ & It Spread EVERYWHERE ]
[ This Is One Virus You Never Want To Share ]
[ Not If You Care … ]
[ About Anyone One Around You ]
[ The President Of The Country Was Saying That This Was
Not Any Worse Than Getting The Regular Flu ]
[ It Was Not ]
[ If You Were Minimizing The Way That The President Was
Minimizing It ]
[ You Would Be Wrong, Alot! ]
[ Then There Was The Incredible Losses Because Of The Wild
Fires Going Everywhere ]
[ Hundreds Of People Lost Everything ]
[ The Fires Burned Everything That Was There ]
[ In Front Of It Or On Its Path ]
[ Figure Out How Much Was Lost ]
[ You Really Have To Be Good @ Math ]
[ Then When They Were Out, Here Comes The Ice Storms ]
[ Taking Out The Power Lines ]
[ Throwing Everything Out Of The Norm ]
[ First There Was Fire & Then There Was The Ice ]
[ That Was Twice ]
[ That Mother Nature Wasn’t Playing Nice ]
[ When Someone Does Not Believe That Global Warming
Affects The Weather, I Say (HUH?) ]
[ Then When They Think It Might, I Say (DUH!) ]
[ 400,000 Or 500,000 Citizens Perished @ The Hands Of ‘VID ’19
Virus ]
[ That Was Only In The U.S. ]
[ (2) Horrendous Acts Of Nature ]
[ & (1) Pandemic ]
[ There Will Be More Events Of Nature, That’s For Sure ]
[ If We Had 20/20 Vision About The Start Of The Decade ]
[ We Would Have Said (THAT’s INSANE!) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(680)▪︎[ Somewhere New … 8•15•2021 ]
[ What Do You See When You Look @ Yourself In The
Mirror? ]
[ Is It A Man Who Is Trying To Power Through A Hangover? ]
[ After A Hard Night Of Drinking Beer? ]
[ Are The Wrinkles Multiplying? ]
[ & The Crows Feet On The Side Of Your Eyes ]
[ Are Really Flying ]
[ Showing Up Whenever You Give That Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]
[ That Smoker’s Cough ]
[ Can Really Turn People Away ]
[ & Off ]
[ People Are Thankful That You Wear A Mask ]
[ Because Of Your Breath ]
[ If You Weren’t, You Are Sure That They Would Ask ]
[ There Are Days When You Try To Find Your Groove ]
[ You Have Even Been Told ]
[ To Pack Up & Move ]
[ So, Do You Do What They Want? ]
[ you Have Even Looked @ Your Phone ]
[ & Changed Your Font ]
[ Something New ]
[ Something Different For You ]
[ Where Can You Move To? ]
[ Wherever It Will Be ]
[ Will You Have Enough Room, For All Of Your Shoes? ]
[ The Many Pairs Of Boots, Adidas & Colorful Vans ]
[ There Are Over (25) Pairs ]
[ But Only (4) Brands ]
[ The Numerous Pairs Of Vans Has Taken Over The Shoe Rack ]
[ That Would Be The Only Thing That You Would Take Back ]
[ The Shoe Rack Itself ]
[ Then Look On Amazon & Buy Something Else ]
[ Where Could You Go? ]
[ You Don’t Know ]
[ Does Anybody? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(686)▪︎[ Follow Your Own Light … 8•18•2021 ]
[ You Have Wondered All Of Your Life Why You Are Always
On Your Own ]
[ When The Phone Rings & You Pick It Up ]
[ All You Hear Is A Dial Tone ]
[ You Are Always A Second Too Late ]
[ Even Though You Try To Anticipate ]
[ What Is Going To Happen Next ]
[ You Have Even Been Sent A (DEAR JOHN) Through Text ]
[ Nothing Seems To Go Your Way Even In Town ]
[ Two Different Times That You Thought You Came Upon
A lucky Penny ]
[ But Then You Saw That They Were Heads Down ]
[ You Have Always Been Told That Tails Up ]
[ Does Not Bring You Luck ]
[ Even When You Flip A Coin ]
[ In A Crowd ]
[ Nobody Wants To Join ]
[ One Time You Were In A Store Full Of Mirrors ]
[ & You Tripped & Broke A Whole Row Of Them ]
[ So You Have Bad Luck For Years & Years ]
[ You Have Always Felt That You Were Born Under A Dark
Cloud ]
[ & You Feel Ignored In Big Crowds ]
[ @ Get Together’s, You Seem To Blend In To The Wall ]
[ Seem So Introverted ]
[ People Don’t Notice You @ All ]
[ When You Are @ Home, Your Roommates Are Always Yelling &
Fighting ]
[ So Spend Most Of The Time In Your Writing ]
[ Writing Takes You Up In The Clouds ]
[ It Is Only When You Read Back On What You Written Do
You Feel Proud ]
[ You Have Written Well Over (5,000) In (4) Years Now ]
[ You Wanted To Return The Favor To Your Beautiful Wife,
After She Sent You A Poem ]
[ But You Didn’t Know How ]
[ Then You Put Your Stylus To Your Phone ]
[ & The Way Was Shown ]
[ Now You Have Never Been A Thump The Bible Kind Of
Religious Man ]
[ But You Believe That You Were Given A Gift From GOD ]
[ So He Said (NOW YOU CAN) ]
[ So Now People Read Your Stories You ]
[ & When You Write Your Stories ]
[ You Get Noticed Because Of What You Do ]
[ & Then One Day ]
[ You Were Walking In A Parking Lot ]
[ & Then What Did You Spot? ]
[ You Noticed A Shiny Penny Facing The Right Way ]
[ Then Your Luck Turned ]
[ When You Were In Crowds You Remember What You Learned ]
[ It Is Best That You Just Be Yourself ]
[ Don’t Try To Be Anyone Else ]
[ Now It Is Because Of What You Write ]
[ That Has Become Your Guiding Light ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(676)▪︎[ Outside Of The Norm … 8•12•2021 ]
[ It May Not Be So Sappy ]
[ That You Don’t Have To Be Okay ]
[ To Strive To Be Happy ]
[ It Is Okay, To Feel Sad ]
[ It Is Okay To Feel Bad ]
[ Depending On The Reason ]
[ Not The Season ]
[ It Is Okay To Not Always Be @ The Top Of Your Game ]
[ Everyday ]
[ There Is No One To Blame ]
[ On Why Things Might Be That Way ]
[ It Is Okay If You Are Not In The Mood To Talk ]
[ As We Take A Silent Walk ]
[ Silence Is Nice When Others Around You Know Why ]
[ Just Do Not Smile & Lie ]
[ It Is Okay To Have A Blank Face ]
[ It Is Okay To Ask For Space ]
[ Be Honest With Those Around You ]
[ Don’t Play Them Like A Fool ]
[ Maybe They Are Not Okay, Too ]
[ & They Look To You For Guidance ]
[ & Being A Good Alliance ]
[ Not Giving Them Defiance ]
[ More Than A Few People Are Not Okay In Some Form ]
[ Because It Is Okay To Live Outside Of The Norm ]
[ If You Are Not Hurting Yourself ]
[ Or Anybody Else ]
[ It Is Quite Okay ]
[ Anyday ]
[ To Not Be Okay ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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