[ You Have Always Been Very Big Hearted ]
[ & Love All Things That Are Of The Color Of Blue ]
[ This Is How My Whole Story Rhyming Got Started ]
[ After I Got A Poem From You ]
[ Today You Celebrate Being 50 Years Young ]
[ If Anybody Outside Of The Family Asks About
( HOW OLD? ) ]
[ I Will Be A Good Husband & Hold My Tongue ]
[ I Say That 50 Looks Good On You ]
[ If You Asked Me ]
[ I Would Say That I Do Too ]
[ Okay, I Guess We Will Keep This Down To A ( PG )
Rating ]
[ We Are All Getting Up There In Age ]
[ So I Don’t Want Anyone Fainting ]
[ A 25th Wedding Anniversary & A 50th Birthday
In The Same Year, 2 Months Apart ]
[ I Look @ The Numbers & Say ( THIS IS A GOOD START ) ]
[ I Think That We Will Get A Cheer ]
[ When We Celebrate 50 & 75 Both In The Same Year ]
[ Thank You For Sending Me That Poem Way Back
When ]
[ I Am Still In Love With You Since Way Back Then ]
[ Cupid Showed Me Your Beautiful Face When You Were
Just 23 Years Old ]
[ When I Saw Your Heart ]
[ I Knew That I Was Sold ]
[ I Hope That My Gift ]
[ Really Gave You A Lift ]
[ I Felt Alot Of Pride ]
[ That I Could Get You Gift That Could Possibly Be Worth $2.95 ]
[ Here’s To You, Ms. Birthday Girl ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(453)▪︎[ You Just Do Not See This … 5•29•2021 ]
[ I Am Just Trying To Get Through ]
[ To You ]
[ Everynight @ 8:00 O’clock]
[ I Would Try To Call ]
[ But There Were Times, When I Found Out Later, That I Was
Blocked ]
[ After That Happened More Than Twice ]
[ I Told You That Was Not Very Nice ]
[ You Would Never Like It If That Was Turned Around ]
[ You Should Look For What Is Lost ]
[ But Was Never Found ]
[ It Would Be A Tough Go, Looking For Your Heart ]
[ It Would Be Much Easier To Put The Pieces Together ]
[ Of The Ones That You Tore Apart ]
[ Very Few Were By Accident ]
[ Most Were On Purpose ]
[ Because Of Some Kind Of Incident ]
[ That You Perceived ]
[ But Was Actually Never Received ]
[ You Listen To Your Head Talk ]
[ … Alot ]
[ Sometimes Scenarios Play Out Only In Your Head ]
[ Is It Because You Are No Longer Taking All Of
Your Meds? ]
[ You Have To Realize ]
[ That When You Don’t Take Them ]
[ You Are A Real Ass, When You Try To Socialize ]
[ Nobody Invites You To Get-Togethers Anymore ]
[ When You Come Up On Their Doorbell Cam ]
[ They Go Quiet & Nobody Approaches The Door ]
[ If You Feel Sad Because You Live A Lonely Existence ]
[ Blame Yourself, Not Others ]
[ Because You Never See The Difference ]
[ Between Their Fault Or Yours ]
[ What Was The Last Straw ]
[ Was When You Called Your Last 3 Female Friends ( A HUGE
PACK OF WHORES ) ]
[ That Did It ]
[ They Did Not Deserve That, One Bit ]
[ That Is Why You Sit ]
[ @ Home … Alone ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(436)▪︎[ I Will Still Choose Her … 5•24•2021 ]
[ If You Were Able To Live A Life After Your Life ]
[ Had Ended ]
[ Would You Choose The Same Wife ]
[ Or A New Woman You Just Befriended? ]
[ Or Would You Start Over? ]
[ With A Different Partner Or Lover? ]
[ Given The Choice & The Chance ]
[ I Would Take My Current Wife To This Dance ]
[ She Knows My Steps, My Shakes & My Moves ]
[ She Knows How I Like To Dance When Good Music Puts
Me In The Mood ]
[ This Wife Has Stuck With Me Through Thick & Thin ]
[ She Has Helped Me Celebrate The Many Wins ]
[ She Was Always The First One To Put Out Her Hand When
Things Got Tough ]
[ She Got Me Through The Many Times That Were Rough ]
[ I Wish There Wasn’t Many ]
[ I Wish That There Wasn’t ANY! ]
[ But That Is Not Realistic ]
[ @ Least I Never Came Home With Another Woman’s Lipstick ]
[ On My Collar ]
[ Oh Yes, That Would Make Her Holler! ]
[ Justifiable So ]
[ Then That Would Be A ( NO! ) ]
[ To Get Through 25 + Years ]
[ She’s Been Patient, Understanding, Caring, Empathic &
Strong Willed ]
[ & She Also Knows, That Real Men Do Shed Tears ]
[ This Beautiful Woman Has Worn Many Hats ]
[ Friend, Girlfriend, Fiance, Bride, Wife, Best Friend, Lover,
Confidante, Mechanic, Mover, Care Giver, Advocate,
College Football Watching Buddy, Manager, Nurse,
Driver, Bread Winner, Guardian, Mother, Gardner, Guide,
Map Reader, Protector & Chef ]
[ Is There Anything Left? ]
[ & Wherever We Lived, She Was Always Okay When I Fed, Then
Adopted, The Stray Cats ]
[ We Watched A Comedy Called ( HALL PASS ) One Day ]
[ Then I Said ( IF I WAS GIVEN ONE … ) ]
[ I Would Choose To Give It Away ]
[ Because It Never Sounded Fun ]
[ I Have Never Had A ( GO TO FEMALE CELEBRITY ) That I
Would Throw Everything Away For ]
[ There Is No Other Female That I Would Dream Of Knocking
@ My Front Door ]
[ I Don’t Ask For Much ]
[ So I Have Never Fantaisized About Ms. Such & Such ]
[ My Wife That I Have, Is My Dream Come True ]
[ I Hope For You, You & You ]
[ That Some Day, While @ Work, You Could Have A Friend
Introduce You To Her Friend ]
[ So You Could Have A Great Marriage That Doesn’t End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(425)▪︎[ Off The Fence … 5•20•2021 ]
[ As Anxiety & Depression Sweeps Across My Cloudy
Mind ]
[ I Sit Back & Attempt To Find ]
[ Something In My Life That Actually Makes Sense ]
[ Something, Where I Can Say I Am On This Specific Side
Of The Fence ]
[ Not Straddling Or Standing On Top ]
[ I Want To Pick A Side & Just Stop ]
[ The Hopping ]
[ The Dropping ]
[ The Shopping ]
[ For A Better Deal ]
[ Because I Am Not Trying To Reinvent The Wheel ]
[ I Am Just Trying To Make A Stand ]
[ No Matter The Demand ]
[ & Try To Get My Mind Into Better Shape ]
[ Instead Of Keeping In Mind Where All Of The Exits Are For A
Quick Escape ]
[ I Am Trying To Face These Issues Head-On ]
[ Instead Of Throwing Up My Arms In Defeat & Yelling
( OH, C’mon ) ]
[ Don’t Exasperate ]
[ When Looking Down @ My Fate ]
[ Trying To Lace Up My Big Boy Boots ]
[ Looking Somewhere To Put Down Some Roots ]
[ Not Trying To Wait ]
[ Since I Have Been In This House Since 2008 ]
[ What Better Place To Do That Than Here? ]
[ What Do I Have To Fear? ]
[ That Part … Has Never Been Clear ]
[ Like A Very Wise President ( F.D.R. ) Once Said ( … THE ONLY
THING THAT WE HAVE TO FEAR, IS FEAR ITSELF ) ]
[ Not Fear Of Ourselves ]
[ Or Fear Of Someone Else ]
[ I Think That The Fear Of Failure Is A Very Real Thing ]
[ I Think, That If There Was A Ranking ]
[ That Would Be The King ]
[ Is That Easy To Look Past? ]
[ You Can Never Do That Very Fast ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(418)▪︎[ Social Injustice … 5•17•2021 ]
[ The Footage Sparked Outrage Across The Nation ]
[ America Has Now Been Reduced To Fractions ]
[ This Fraction Of People See’s The George Floyd Murder
Tape This Way ]
[ Another Fraction Of People See The Tape ]
[ & They Decided That They Sure Had Alot To Say ]
[ A Paramedic In-Training Tried To Give Floyd Some Medical
Attention ]
[ To Check His Pulse & Breathing ]
[ Not To Administer Medication ]
[ Christopher Martin Stated That He Wished That He Had Never
Made The Call ]
[ That Started This All ]
[ He Has Been Racked With Guilt Ever Since Then ]
[ He Feels That If He Would Not Had Made The Call, None Of This
Would Have Happened ]
[ In The Video He Had His Hands On His Head Looking & Acting
Stressed ]
[ Thinking That He Caused All Of This Mess ]
[ That Stress Should Not Have Been Laid Upon His Young
Shoulders ]
[ How Will This Affect His Life As He Grows Older? ]
[ How Many Of Those Bystanders Called 911? ]
[ Because Of Chauvin’s Actions ]
[ The Only Thing That Chauvin Did Not Do, Was Use His Gun ]
[ The Fault For This Lies Squarely On Chauvin’s Head ]
[ It Was Completely His Actions That Caused George Floyd
To Be Dead ]
[ Those Bystanders Witnessed A Murder Right In Front Of
Their Eyes ]
[ Because Of The Police Body Cams & The Bystanders Recording
EVERYTHING On Their Phones ]
[ The Public Did Not Have To Be Forced Into Believing All Of The
Police Officers Lies ]
[ Oh, I Am Sure That The Officers Would Say That Floyd Died
From Acute Problems ]
[ Because Of The Drugs In His System ]
[ Chauvin’s Body Language During That Whole Video Showed
That He Was Very Relaxed ]
[ While Floyd’s Breathing System Was Taxed ]
[ Chauvin Did Not Show Any Sign That His Life Was In Any
Danger ]
[ Chauvin’s Demeanor Seemed Calm ]
[ There Was No Sign Of Anger ]
[ Floyd Had @ Least Two Other Cops Holding Him Down ]
[ Floyd Was A Very Large Man ]
[ Nobody Was As Big As Him Around ]
[ That Did Not Mean That He Deserved To Be Tortured ]
[ While He Was Being Murdered ]
[ Chauvin Did His Part ]
[ Because He Had Evil Intentions In His Heart ]
[ Chauvin Did Not Seem Affected By George’ Condition
When He Got Up ]
[ Maybe Because Floyd Showed No Wounds Or Cuts ]
[ Outwardly Floyd Looked Fine ]
[ He Wasn’t ]
[ Because Chauvin’s Actions Caused Floyd To Die ]
[ Everytime That I See That Video I Try To Come Up With
The Right Verb ]
[ But I Keep Coming Back To The Same One … Disturbed ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(423)▪︎[ Happy Birthday … 5•19•2021 ]
[ When The Sky Is Hazy ]
[ The Violets Turn Blue ]
[ My Love Seems Crazy ]
[ While I Make This Birthday Wish For You ]
[ Sometimes Things That You Do, Drive Me Bat Shit
Crazy, But Never Enough To Walk Away ]
[ For A Minute, Hour, Or Day ]
[ You Are The Center Of My Life ]
[ You Have Been Ever Since You Said That You Would
Be My Wife ]
[ it Has Been An Up & Down Bumpy Ride ]
[ You Did Not Lie ]
[ When You Made Me A Deal That You Would Always Stand
By My Side ]
[ My Love Has Grown For You Since That First Day ]
[ I Am Thankful That We Pulled Together Through The Hardest
Years That We Have Ever Had ]
[ & Neither One Of Us Tried Or Wanted To Runaway ]
[ Happy Or Sad ]
[ We Both Decided To Stay ]
[ I Think This Will Be The 26th Birthday To Celebrate Together ]
[ Our Bond That Binds Us Is Stronger Than Leather ]
[ Some Say That Wishes Do Not Come True ]
[ Well I Know One We Saw & ]
[ & Made It All The Way Through ]
[ @ The Time It Was My Biggest Wish ]
[ It Was To Change Our Last Name To Devoe ]
[ & Never, Ever Have To Say That Our Last Name Was ( BISH ) ]
[ Every Morning That I Wake Up Next To You On Our
King Size Bed ]
[ I Feel As Lucky & In Love Since The Day That We Wed ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(371)▪︎[ Where Is This Going? … 5•7•2021 ]
[ When You Leave Home To Go To Work, Does That Mean
That You Never Had Work @ Home? ]
[ What If You Feel @ Home Where You Work? ]
[ Can You Also Feel Like You Have Work To Do @ Home? ]
[ Some Say That Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ What If You Only Have Clothes & Pictures To Hang? ]
[ Does That Mean That You Are Never @ Home? ]
[ What Is The Difference Between A House & A Home? ]
[ Everything ]
[ The Word ( HOUSE ) Has One More Letter ]
[ ( HOUSE ) Has One More Vowell ]
[ The Letters Are Completely Different Letters, Except
For Three Letters ]
[ The ( H ), The ( O ) & The ( E ) ]
[ What Would You Be Missing If You Did Not Have The Those
Letters? ]
[ One Less Gardening Tool ]
[ Are You A Pessimist, If, When Telling Time You Say
( HALF PAST THE HOUR ) Instead Of ( 30 MINUTES UNTIL )? ] [ Speaking Of That ]
[ How Come ( HAY ) Is Horse Food & ( HEY ) Is A Casual Greeting ] [ ( HI ) Is Another Casual Greeting, But ( HIGH ) Is What Alot Of
People Do Behind Closed Doors ]
[ ( BEHIND ) Is In The Back Of The Group ]
[ & ( BEHIND ) Is What Some People Has That Gets Kicked ]
[ Well It Could Also Mean That You Are Not Keeping Up With
Something Or Someone ]
[ How Can The Word ( ASS ) Have Three Different Meanings? ]
[ Okay ]
[ ( WELL ) Now That Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ ( HOW ) Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ ( CAN ) Has Four Different Meanings ]
[ ( MEAN ) Has Three ]
[ ( DO ) Has Three Different Spellings, Meaning Different Things ] [ ( OBJECT ) Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ ( DRINK ) Has Three Different Meanings ]
[ Even ( DRUNK ) Has Two Different Meanings ]
[ One Is In The Present Tense & One Is The Past Tense ]
[ The First Tents Could Possibly Mean There May Be More ]
[ Would They Set The Tents Up In The Front Yard Or The
Backyard? ]
[ If They Set Up Tents In The Front Yard, Why? ]
[ Who Are These People That Are Setting Up The Tents On The
Sidewalk Anyways? ]
[ What Was Wrong With The Front Yard? ]
[ I Still Don’t Know Who These People Are? ]
[ Who Has This Many Tents? ]
[ If They Do Set-Up In The Front Yard, What If The Humane Society
Is Called About All Of The Stray Cats & Gerbils? ]
[ Do Gerbils Bark When They Drop & Squat? ]
[ If They Set Up Their Tents In The Backyard, Who Let Them Back
There? ]
[ What About The Rabbits That Are Living In The Attic? ]
[ They Ate Every Single Piece Of Celery That I Had In The Glove
Compartment Of The Police Car ]
[ A Really Nice Fire Fighter Flipped Me The Bird Because I Pulled
My Shorts Down & Mooned Him ]
[ You Don’t Think That He Had Any Bad Intentions For
That Finger, Do You? ]
[ The Two Police Marines Were Very Nice, Then Gave Me A Ride
Home From The Liquor Store ]
[ I Guess The Bartender @ The Lawn & Garden Section Thought
That I Was Only There To Pick-Up Chicks ]
[ I Had To Show That I Had Chickens In My Purse Too ]
[ But When I Was Walking In That Ambulance I Told The Single
Country/Western/Punk Rocker/Swing Dancer That I Had To
Pee ]
[ They Both Said That The Light Just Turned Red So It Was Time
To Swim Another Lap ]
[ I Thought That Was A Great Idea ]
[ Because I Will Just Pee In The Pool & Then Walk On The
Treadmill ]
[ But Whatever Happened With The Tents? ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(370)▪︎[ Love You … 5•6•2021 ]
[ To My Wife ]
[ The One Woman Whom I Said That I Will Love For
The Rest Of My Life ]
[ When I Said ( I DO ) ]
[ That I Will ]
[ Love You ]
[ Then ]
[ & I Want To Tell You That I Love You Still ]
[ There Is One Thing That I Know ]
[ That It Was Well Over 9,133 Days Ago ]
[ When I Decided That I Could Never Let You Go ]
[ It Would Certainly Hurt The Heart Of This Plain, Old,,
Ordinary Guy ]
[ If Another Man Could Catch Your Eye ]
[ I Am A Simple Man With Really Simple Tastes ]
[ As I Get Older ]
[ I Am Sorry About My Ever Expanding Waist ]
[ We Are Not The Spring Chickens Anymore ]
[ So We Cannot Dance As Long As We Did Before ]
[ I Always Love Telling New Acquaintenances Our Wonderful
Love Story ]
[ I Must Have Told It @ Least 25 Times ]
[ & It’s Never Boring ]
[ It Sure Has Been A Bumpy Ride ]
[ I Tell Everyone About Our Longevity With Pride ]
[ If I Had The Choice To Do This All Over Again ]
[ I Would Say ( YES ) ]
[ Again & Again ]
[ I Think The Phrase I Was Looking For Was ( IN A NEW
YORK MINUTE ) ]
[ Yes, I Will Jump Back In It ]
[ Meeting You Almost 27 Years Ago Was Perfect Timing ]
[ Who Knew That Four Years Ago ]
[ I Would Receive The Gift From God That I Could Write
Stories That Are Rhyming ]
[ We Have Been Through So Much, But We Stayed
Together ]
[ We Never Discarded Each Other When There Was A Change
In The Weather ]
[ Since We Live In Oregon There Are 10 Changes Every Day ]
[ When The Negative People Voiced Their Opinion ]
[ We Continue To Stay ]
[ We Are Good With Hunches ]
[ & We Have Never Resorted To Throwing Punches ]
[ We Never Touch Each Other In An Angry Way ]
[ We Keep Loving Each Other Even Though The Hair On My
Head Nearly All Went Away ]
[ It All Went Away To La-La Land ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
(362)▪︎[ The Frustration Sets In … 4•30•2021 ]
[ As The Frustration Sets In ]
[ I Said To Myself ( NOT THIS AGAIN ) ]
[ Then I Think ( I JUST CAN’t WIN ) ]
[ So You ]
[ Think That This Is All Brand New? ]
[ Well Let Me Tell You A Thing Or Two ]
[ This Is Something Real ]
[ You Are Not Reinventing The Wheel ]
[ Here ]
[ Do I Make Myself Clear? ]
[ I’ve Tried & Tried ]
[ As He Has Lied & Lied ]
[ After All Of This Time ]
[ Part Of Me Has Actually Died ]
[ So Don’t Come In Here & Point Your Finger ]
[ @ All Of This ]
[ Because What Lingers ]
[ Is The Constant Diss ]
[ You Have Been Here A Grand Total Of About A Week ]
[ & I’ll Sit Here & Let You Speak ]
[ Your Piece ]
[ & I’ll Say Nothing ]
[ Just To Keep The Peace ]
[ So I Will Watch You Dance]
[ & Give You The Chance ]
[ Because As You Think You Are Rearranging ]
[ His Attitude ]
[ I Say That Are Only Changing ]
[ The Altitude ]
[ & Are Hanging ]
[ My Gratitude ]
[ You Have All Of These Ideas That You Think That Are Grand ]
[ Then I Will Sit Quietly ]
[ Wanting To Ask ( AND? ) ]
[ So Don’t Come @ Me Self-Righteously ]
[ Acting Like You Are In Command ]
[ Normally, I Am A Very Calm Guy ]
[ But In MY Home ]
[ This Just Doesn’t Fly ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(370)▪︎[ The PTSD That I Have Come To Know … 5•2•2021 ]
[ There Are Times When I Feel Like I Could Get So Lost In
My Mind ]
[ But In There Lies The Danger Of The Memories ]
[ That I Hate To Hit The Button To Rewind ]
[ The Thick Air Of That Hot August Day In The Year
2002 ]
[ When That Flashback Comes ]
[ There Is Only One Thing I Can Do ]
[ Just Sit There & Suffer Through Another Flashback ]
[ It Will Be 19 Years ]
[ & The PTSD Still Attacks ]
[ Takes Over My Brain, My Body, My Whole Day ]
[ It Always Comes @ Me The Same Way ]
[ The Sound Of A Fire Extinguisher Hitting A Kid’s Head ]
[ Then Look Where That Led ]
[ I Was Never Sure Why They Attacked David ]
[ While He Was Just Sitting Helpless On His Bed ]
[ I Was Directed ( TO NOT ENGAGE @ ALL ) ]
[ When Mario Would Demand My Keys ]
[ All I Could Do Say Was ( I WOULD NEED TO MAKE A CALL ) ]
[ I Knew What They Would Say ]
[ ( THAT WOULD BE A NO, OKAY ) ]
[ Let Them Be Mad @ Security Instead Of Me ]
[ I Knew That I Could Never Hand Over My Keys ]
[ The Time Dragged After They Barricaded The Door With
Desks & Mattresses ]
[ I Think That Increased My Stressors ]
[ When There Is A Flashback, There Will Be A Form Of PTSD ]
[ No One Else Can See ]
[ How Debilitating Flashbacks Can Be ]
[ It Literally Takes My Mind From Here ]
[ To Then ]
[ It Was Always Clear ]
[ About The Why & The When ]
[ Every Word ]
[ That Was Said Or Heard ]
[ That Makes For A Long Night ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[ It Is Always