[ Okay People Wake-Up, Because While The Earth
Keeps Turning ]
[ The Earth Is Burning ]
[ We As Humans Are Ruining The Atmosphere ]
[ All Over The World ]
[ & Especially Right Here ]
[ What Makes This So Clear ]
[ Was All Of The Fires That Happened Last Year ]
[ The Air In So Many States ]
[ Was A Smoky Haze ]
[ While Mother Nature Set The Land Ablaze ]
[ It Was Never Known ]
[ Or Ever Shown ]
[ Exactly How Many Families Lost Their Homes ]
[ They Say That Everyone Needs To Work On Shrinking Their
Carbon Footprint ]
[ This Is No Longer A Marathon ]
[ It Must Be A Sprint ]
[ Everyday The Air Quality Gets Worse Than The Day
Before ]
[ The Dangerous Smog Used To Be @ A High Altitude ]
[ Now It Seeps Into The House By Coming Through The
Door ]
[ We Won’t Get A Second Chance ]
[ @ This Life Or Death Dance ]
[ Once There Are Holes ]
[ In The Atmosphere ]
[ They Never Close ]
[ It Sure Does Not Sound Like Fun ]
[ To Look @ All Of The Damage That We Have Caused ]
[ That Cannot Be Undone ]
[ The Oceans & Air Keep Getting Warmer Every Year ]
[ That Makes The Problems Standout Very Clear ]
[ Because Of The Past Abuse Of The Earth ]
[ We Have A Whole Lot To Fear ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
Category: [ 2021 Stories ]
(91)▪︎[ A Snow Day … 1•26•2021 ]
[ Snow Makes Such The Prettiest Sight ]
[ In The Daylight ]
[ Then The White ]
[ Ground ]
[ Is In Total Contrast To The Night ]
[ It Is All White & Soft Looking To The Touch ]
[ But If It Snows Too Much ]
[ It Makes The Roads Rough ]
[ & Driving In It Tough ]
[ This Kind Of Weather Makes Most Oregonians Forget How
To Drive ]
[ Everyone Just Wants To Get To Their Destination In One
Piece & Alive ]
[ I Used To Hate Driving When It Was Snowing Hard ]
[ When My Car Would Start To Slide ]
[ I Was Always Fearing That I Would Crash Into Somebody’s
Yard ]
[ I Still Vividly Remember The Day ]
[ When I Spun My Car & Landed In The Median ]
[ On The I-5 Freeway ]
[ That Made Me Turn Around In My Car & Crawl As Slow As A
Scared Little Mouse ]
[ All The Way Back To Barbara’s House ]
[ That Was Not Fun By Any Means ]
[ I Had Not Been That Scared Driving Since My Early Teens ]
[ Now That I Don’t Drive The Thoughts In My Head Are Not
Too Bad ]
[ But The Thoughts Of Being The Passenger @ Times Makes
Me Sad ]
[ Now I Watch Other People Sweat ]
[ Being Inside ]
[ I Am Sure Now, That I Won’t Get Wet ]
[ I Will Stay Inside Where It Is Warm & Dry ]
[ If Someone Asks Me To Go Outside ]
[ I Will Give Them My Best Quizzical Look & Politely Ask
Them ( WHY? ) ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(89)▪︎[ I Should Do,What He’s Due … 1•25•2021 ]
[ It Is So So, Sad ]
[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Change His Behavior When He Gets Mad ]
[ It Would Take A Talk From A Very Good Friend ]
[ To Get His Negative Behavior To Come To An End ]
[ He Walks Around Here Like He Runs The Place ]
[ It Is About Time That Someone Actually Gets
In His Face ]
[ Maybe One Day I Will Sit & Watch The Clock ]
[ & Let Him Yap ]
[ Until I Hear A Soft Knock ]
[ My Friend Would Come, If I Called ]
[ My Friend Would Pin Him Against The Wall ]
[ Then We Could See How He Acts ]
[ When My Friend Tells Him The Actual Facts ]
[ & Cement The Facts Into His Dome ]
[ As My Friend Tells Him Who Really Runs This Home ]
[ He Would Be Sent To The Corner If He Needed To
Pout ]
[ He Won’t Have Any Need For The Use Of Violence ]
[ There Won’t Be The Need To Shout ]
[ It Sucks How I See ]
[ How He Won’t Listen To Me ]
[ But I Have Resigned Myself To This Situation As It Is ]
[ As He Was Growing Up ]
[ I Never Ever Thought That Things Would Come To This ]
[ After He Said That He Never Respects Me As His Father ]
[ When He Was Ten ]
[ I Should Have Asked Myself ( WHY SHOULD I CONTINUE
TO BOTHER ) ]
[ Right There & Then ]
[ But I Still Do ]
[ Maybe A Long Talk With My Friend Is What He’s Due ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(88)▪︎[ Suspenseful?… 1•25•2021 ]
[ Suspense, Is Hard To Have @ Anytime ]
[ So I Wonder, If I Can Give Some, While I Write This Rhyme ]
[ Something Happened, That Has Been A Long Time Coming ]
[ So Having Suspense ]
[ Can Be Extremely, Mind Numbing ]
[ Sometimes The Suspense, Can Get Into Your Thoughts ]
[ One Second Your Mind Was Clear ]
[ & The Next Second, You Are Seeing Spots ]
[ Can It Affect Your Appetite? ]
[ @ Night? ]
[ Hmm … ]
[ That Thought, Makes Me Hungry, As I Write ]
[ Sometimes, Wanting A Drink Of Water Comes First ]
[ Can Suspense, Really Affect Your Thirst? ]
[ It Has Never Affected Mine ]
[ Having Suspense Has Never Driven Me, To Crave A Beer ]
[ Or A Whole Bottle Of Wine ]
[ Suspense, Affects Others Differently ]
[ Has This Rhyme Done This, Sufficiently? ]
[ Let Me See, Let Me See ]
[ What, Could It Be? ]
[ It Is Really A Shame That She Could Not Be Here Tonight For
Her Shift ]
[ I Wanted, To Share The News ]
[ That Gave Me, A Much Needed Lift ]
[ It Sure Is Fun To Make Her Laugh ]
[ Has Any Part Of This Story ]
[ Cut The Suspense In Half? ]
[ I Tried To Come Out & Share ]
[ But She Is Not Here Right Now ]
[ She Is Somewhere Else, Over There ]
[ So Before I Send … ]
[ This ]
[ I Will End … ]
[ With This ]
[ Goodnight, Ash ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(087)▪︎[ Just Another Day … 1•24•2021 ]
[ Sometimes I Feel That I Am Alone Way Too Much ]
[ It Usually Starts Right After Lunch ]
[ I Do Like My Alone Time, So Don’t Get Me Wrong ]
[ A Couple Of Hours During The Day ]
[ But Not For This Long ]
[ Hours On Top Of Each Other ]
[ All Alone ]
[ Is Sometimes Worse Than Having Someone Here That
Smothers ]
[ I Won’t Lie ]
[ But I Like Good Conversation As Much As The Next Guy ]
[ Not So Much Over The Phone ]
[ I Prefer It Being Eye To Eye ]
[ I Do Hear Distant Voices In The Background ]
[ But They Stay Over There ]
[ Because They Just Don’t Come Around ]
[ I Try To Be Happy ]
[ While Sitting By Myself ]
[ Watching My Steelers DVD’s ]
[ It Is Very Entertaining Watching Hour After Hour Of Steelers
Football ]
[ I Won’t Stop Until I Have Watched Them All ]
[ I Love Watching My Steelers Win ]
[ Again, Again, Again & Again ]
[ I Would Love To Show & Share ]
[ [ With Another Person That Also Cares ]
[ Being Left Alone Is Not Considered As Time Well Spent ]
[ One Minute Feels Like An Hour ]
[ So It Doesn’t Make A Dent ]
[ Into The Many Hours That I Have Ahead Of Me ]
[ These Are Some Of The Things That I Think Of When I Feel
Lonely ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(393)▪︎[ A Sad Boy … 5•8•2021 ]
[ This Is For That One, Sad Boy ]
[ Living Lonely, Without Any Toys ]
[ When You Go To Your Closet, For Some Fun ]
[ You Don’t Find, A Single One ]
[ They Were Taken From You, About Two Years Ago ]
[ For Reasons That You Still, Don’t Know ]
[ One Day They Were Here & The Next Day They Were Gone ]
[ You Don’t Remember What You Did, That Was So Wrong ]
[ To Have Them Taken, When You Were Not There ]
[ & If You Were Asked, You Would Gladly Share ]
[ That Day, Plays Through Your Mind ]
[ Time, After Time ]
[ You Went Down The Street, To The Park ]
[ To Play With Your Friends ]
[ & Then, You Made It Home, Before Dark ]
[ Do You Go To Your Mom Or Dad & Ask ( WHY? ) ]
[ Is It Even, Worth Another Try? ]
[ You Still Have Welts ]
[ From The Last Time, That Your Dad Got Mad & Used His Belt ]
[ You Never Thought ]
[ That He Was Ever, Going To Stop ]
[ All Because, You Drank A Pop ]
[ Without Your Dad’s Permission ]
[ & After Your Admission ]
[ Were The Toys Being Taken Because Of That? ]
[ Being Taken Because Of That One Bad Act? ]
[ Or Was It Because Of The Bank, That You & Your Four
Friends Robbed Over Two Years Ago, Last May ]
[ Your Little Group Of Friends, Just Wanted To Get Paid ]
[ You All Got The Cash ]
[ By Going In & Out, Really Fast ]
[ But Then Your Dad, Caught A View ]
[ Of That Evenings News ]
[ After Stashing Some In The Floor & In A Crawl Space, In The
Hall ]
[ Your Dad Said That He Wanted It All ]
[ Or He Would Make A Call ]
[ So We Had To Give It To Him ]
[ But We Kept What I Bundled Up & Hid In The Wall ]
[ He Had No Clue ]
[ & Neither Did You ]
[ Know That The Story Would Twist ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(387)▪︎[ Wilbur The Pig … 5•3•2021 ]
[ The Book Would Be Called ( CELEBRATE WILBUR …
THE OTHER WHITE MEAT ) ]
[ Then The Movie Would Be Called ( THE MORNING MEAL …
HE IS GOOD TASTING FROM THE SNOUT, TO THE FEET ) ]
[ When Wilbur Would Get Sunburned He Would Always
Hear ( I SMELL BACON ) Coming From His Brother? ]
[ That Would Make Him Scramble & Hide Behind His Mother ]
[ & Wilbur Never Cared For The Teasing That He Got
When He Mispronounced His Words ]
[ But When He Would Say Arch-Itecture ]
[ That Was The Funniest Version Of That Word That His Friends
Had Ever Heard ]
[ Wilbur Was Fun To Be Around In That ( CHARLETTES
WEB ) Book ]
[ @ That Time In His Life That Was The Best That He Had Ever
Looked ]
[ Every Day Charlotte Would Get Madder & Madder ]
[ Because Whenever Wilbur Was In The House ]
[ He Would Lose All Control Of His Bladder ]
[ Around Every Corner He Would Stop ]
[ & Squat ]
[ Leaving Charolette To Wonder ( THIS IS WHAT I’ve GOT? ) ]
[ He Would Have Horrible Nightmares When He Would
Be Yelling ( PLEASE, PLEASE … ) ]
[ ( DON’t TURN MY SKULL INTO A LOAF OF HEAD CHEESE! ) ]
[ Wilbur Started The Countdown Towards The End Of His Life ]
[ One Of His Biggest Regrets Was He Saved His Virginity
For His Future Wife ]
[ There Were Many Times Where He Noticed A Cute Squiggly
Female Tail ]
[ & Because He Never Did Anything ]
[ He Only Bought Blow Up Pig Dolls Through The Mail ]
[ He Thinks That Charlotte Fed Him All That She Did, To Make
Him Even Fatter ]
[ Then One Day He Got Stuck On Top Of The Roof ]
[ When His Brothers Went & Hid The Ladder ]
[ What Was Wilbur Doing Up On The Roof In The First
Place? ]
[ Compared To The Normal Pigs ]
[ Wilbur Was Fast Becoming The Farms Biggest Disgrace ]
[ He Had Always Heard The Saying ( WHEN PIGS FLY ) ]
[ He Wanted To See If That Was Something True ]
[ Or Was It A Big Lie ]
[ Wilbur Really Tried To Milk His Noteriety ]
[ That Just Showed His Continuing Immaturity ]
[ Charlotte Never Let On About Her True Intentions ]
[ He Never Knew That She Was Taking Him To State
Fairs ]
[ Because He Was Only Told The She Was Showing Him
Off During Ordinary Business Conventions ]
[ One Time He Overheard Someone Say ( HE IS AS BIG
AS A WHALE ) ]
[ When He Stepped Off The Scale ]
[ Wilbur Never Felt That He Should Be Afraid Of Harm ]
[ While He Lived On The Farm ]
[ Until A Strange Man Came Up To Wilbur & Asked Him
If He’d Ever Heard Of The Dish ( PIGS in a BLANKET )? ]
[ He Told Wilbur That He Would Be The Best Pig That
He Had Ever Met ]
[ But Definitely Not As A Pet ]
[ One Day Wilbur Just Disappeared & His Story Than Became
A Fable ]
[ One Night No One Noticed That He Was Joining Them For
Dinner ]
[ Because He Had An Apple In His Mouth Covered With Barbeque
Sauce When He Laid There On The Table ]
[ It Was True That Wilbur Had A Lot Of Worth ]
[ Since Birth ]
[ Through Time, It All Depended On His Weight & His Girth ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(062)▪︎[ Others Are Way Too Stressed … 1•17•2021 ]
[ Everyone Around Me Is Stressed Up To Their
Eyeballs ]
[ Around Every Corner I Turn ]
[ I Run, Right Into Brick Walls ]
[ I Hear Their Words & Pick Up On Their Tone ]
[ So I Guess That Says ]
[ I Need To Do More Things On My Own ]
[ Things Are Said For Informational Purposes @
Times ]
[ When Words Are Said ]
[ My Mind Tells Me To Read Between The Lines ]
[ Point Out Someone Who Does Not Do That Every Single
Day ]
[ I Have Found That Not Everything Was Said ]
[ In Whatever They Are Trying To Say ]
[ Not That Everything Has Hidden Meaning In Between The
Words ]
[ But After Everything Is Said & Done ]
[ I Sometimes Wonder Did I HEAR What I Just Heard? ]
[ Alot Of Times I Am Right ]
[ & Sometimes I Am Wrong ]
[ But Sometimes The Light ]
[ That I Turn On ]
[ Is Really Bright ]
[ & Strong ]
[ It Is Tough To Give Up Control & Rely On Others ]
[ But As I See ]
[ How Can They Help Me ]
[ If They Are Trying To Handle Their Own Struggles? ]
[ I Know That My Problems Are Not More Important Than
Theirs ]
[ To Them ]
[ Because Others Do Not Care ]
[ About My Own Personal Problems ]
[ So If I Am Alot More Quiet @ Times ]
[ It Is Not Out Of Disrespect ]
[ I Could Be Writing Rhymes ]
[ About Things That Makes Me Upset ]
[ Whenever I Write A Rhyme ]
[ I Always Feel Like That Was A Good Use Of My Time ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(390)▪︎[ Absent-Minded … 5•6•2021 ]
[ Sometimes I Forget & Leave The House With Just A Thought
On My Mind ]
[ For Some Reason I Thought That I Forgot To Do Something
Of The Important Kind ]
[ The Air Felt Kind Of Breezy ]
[ As My Stride Seemed So Easy ]
[ When I Was In The Sunlight ]
[ The Sun Felt So Nice ]
[ & Wouldn’t You Know ]
[ The Sun Gave Me A Nice Glow ]
[ The Sun Feels So Warm On My Skin ]
[ All I Needed Was A Soda & A Blueberry Muffin ]
[ I Stood On The Corner Trying To Catch The Bus ]
[ When I Got On ]
[ I Wanted To Find A Seat Without Creating A Fuss ]
[ I Did Feel That This One Young Lady Was Staring ]
[ I Wanted To Look Back @ Her ]
[ Without Her Thinking That I Was Glaring ]
[ Since I Wasn’t Wearing My Regular Cargo Shorts
I Had To Carry Everything In My Own Two Hands ]
[ It Was Kind Of Cold When The Driver Turned On The Fans ]
[ My Stop Was Coming Up & Everyone Could Tell How Excited
I Could Get ]
[ Especially The Girl That I Felt ]
[ That I Just Met ]
[ As I Stood There Awhile ]
[ I Looked @ The Girl & Gave Her My Best Smile ]
[ Then I’ll BE Damned ]
[ She Reached Out & Wrote Her Phone Number On The
Back Of My Hand ]
[ Everyone Could See ]
[ That I Was As Happy As I Could Be ]
[ I Ran My Errands As Fast As I Could ]
[ I Thought That I Shouldn’t Have Gone All Over Town ]
[ But I Actually Knew I Would ]
[ All Day It Felt Like It Was Such A Thrill ]
[ To Walk Around ]
[ But As The Sun Set I Started To Get A Chill ]
[ Maybe I Need To Write Myself A Note ]
[ That The Next Time That I Go Out Like This ]
[ I Will Need To Bring A Coat ]
[ I Finally Got Home & Walked Through The Front Door ]
[ I Thought That This Was So Much Fun ]
[ I Should Do This More ]
[ & Then It Became As Obvious As The Tip Of My Nose ]
[ The One Thing That I Forgot Today ]
[ Was … To Wear Some Clothes ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(356)▪︎[ Stay Right There … 5•4•2021 ]
[ ( YOU BETTER STAY PUT! ) Was The Demand ]
[ Was It Really? ]
[ Or Was It A Command? ]
[ Coming From Ash, I Think It Was The Latter ]
[ She Wanted Me To Stay Sitting On The Bed ]
[ So, I Guess She Does Not Want To Hear Any More
Of My Pitter-Patter ]
[ When Ash Is Here She Watches Over Me ]
[ If You Are Not A Believer ]
[ You Should Come On Over & See ]
[ Tonight I Have Two Overseeer’s ]
[ My Wife & My Friend ]
[ Two Over-Achievers ]
[ My Wife Has Watched Over Me For Over 27 Years
& Counting ]
[ Ash Is Being Very Protective I Am Finding ]
[ Maybe It Is Just The Natural Caregiver That She Has
Inside ]
[ She Also Has A Very Playful Side Too ]
[ When She Was My Accomplice, AKA Lookout ]
[ When She Helped Me Hide ]
[ There Are Many Sides To This Woman, That Calls Herself
Complex ]
[ She Is A Serious Thinker When She Is Pondering Something ]
[ It Seems Like Her Brain Is Thumbing Through A Rolodex ]
[ She Checks On Me When Others Are Unable ]
[ It Never Matters ]
[ If I Am Sitting On My Bed, Or @ My Table ]
[ She Does Double-Duty Here For Kicks & Giggles ]
[ Her Bubble Is So Big ]
[ She Would Not React Very Well If She Was Surprised
& Tickled ]
[ Ash Is A Good Person Through & Through ]
[ If She Was Watching Over You ]
[ There Would Not Be Anything That She Wouldn’t Do ]
[ To Make You Feel Cared For ]
[ That, My Friends ]
[ Is Why I Am Still So Glad That She Keeps Coming Back
& Walks Through Our Door ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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