[ (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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Category: [ 2020 Stories ]
(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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(935)▪︎[ All Kinds Of Possibilities … 11•8•2020 ]
[ As The Sun Rises In The Morning There Are All
Kinds Of Possibilities In Front Of Me ]
[ But What Would The Obstacles Be? ]
[ Will They Be Obvious To See? ]
[ Or Would I Have To Hear ]
[ If They Are Near? ]
[ Most Obstacles Are Not Seen ]
[ Until It Is Too Late ]
[ That Is One Reason That You Will Never Have A
Clean ]
[ Slate ]
[ One Day Is Over, But There Is Always Another One
Right Behind It ]
[ So You Could Never Relax One Little Bit ]
[ Each Day Has Its Own Challenges ]
[ & Its Own Checks & Balances ]
[ But Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(128)▪︎[ What Is It? … 2•9•2020 ]
[ Isn’t It About Time ]
[ That You Stop Messing Around ]
[ & Give Me A Sign ]
[ When I See What Is ]
[ I’ll Blow You A Kiss ]
[ & I’ll Put You @ The Top Of The List ]
[ & I’ll Make You My Biggest Wish ]
[ That I Hope Will Come True ]
[ So I Can Be With You ]
[ We Need To Get Around All Those Roadblocks ]
[ Of Signs That Say (DO NOT ENTER) ]
[ Because Of All The Doors That Are Locked ]
[ I’ll Climb Fence After Fence ]
[ Go Through Door After Door ]
[ To Make You See, That This All Makes Sense ]
[ They Will See That You ]
[ Want To Be With Me, Too ]
[ Because Through All The Years ]
[ I’ve Paid My Dues ]
[ Tell Me All What’s On Your Mind ]
[ All The Words ]
[ On Every Line ]
[ Come In & Keep Me Warm On Those Dark Cold
Nights ]
[ When The Walls Close In ]
[ & Puts My Mind In The Mode Of Fight Or Flight ]
[ Long Ago I Found That You Are The Spark ]
[ That Lights My Fire ]
[ You Are Not Like The Dark ]
[ Or A Liar ]
[ How Can We Make This Happen ]
[ I’ll Close My Eyes ]
[ Then Count To Ten ]
[ & It Will Be Just The Two Of Us ]
[ Escaping In The Dark On A Bus ]
[ Never To Be Seen Again ]
[ This Was Today ]
[ & That Was Then ]
~ 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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(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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