(904)▪︎[ The Procedure Day … 10•27•2021 ]

[ Just Now After You Got Out Of Bed ]
[ There Are A Hundred Things Swirling Around In Your Head ]

[ You Seem To Be In Such A Big Hurry ]
[ To Get Ready ]
[ For Your Surgery ]

[ Are You Looking Forward To It? ]
[ Even A Little Bit? ]

[ While They Are Scoping ]
[ You Are Really Hoping ]

[ That This Shot Will Work]
[ You Hope That Your Body Won’t Jerk ]

[ When They Will Begin ]
[ & Stick That Long Needle In ]

[ So Right Now You Are In The Waiting Room, Sitting ]
[ So Now, There Is No Quitting ]

[ Or Running Away ]
[ Today ]

[ The Lady That Checked You In Was Really Nice ]
[ If Giving The Choice ]
[ You Would Use Your Voice ]
[ & Go Through Her Line Twice ]

[ To Be Continued … ]

[ Well That Was Quick ]
[ You Went In … You Came Out ]
[ You Did Not Get Sick ]

[ Kunani Was The Nurse ]
[ That Helped You First ]
[ Then After, A Whole Different Nurse ]
[ Gave You A Drink To Help Quench Your Thirst ]

[ Kunani Got Your I.V. On The Very First Try ]
[ When You Told Her That You Were A Hard Stick ]
[ She Asked Me (WHY?) ]

[ You Told Her That You Thought Your Veins Might Roll ]
[ So They Would Try & Try ]
[ Leaving Your Arms & Hand With Not Just (1) Hole ]

[ To Say That Kunani Was Good ]
[ You Would Be A Little Misunderstood ]

[ She Was Gentle & Quick With The Needle That She Pushed
Into Your Hand ]
[ She Was So Quick, You Didn’t Have Time To Yell (DAMN!) ]

[ So Then A Different Nurse Wheeled You Into The Operating
Room ]
[ It Was So Bright & Cold, It Did Not Make You Be Overcome
With (GLOOM & DOOM) ]

[ The Dr. Came & Introduced Herself ]
[ Then You Did Not Remember Anything Else ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(901)▪︎[ Happy Hallowgivings … 10•26•2021 ]

[ The Thunder Flashes Across The Sky ]
[ Then The Rain Leaves Me High & Dry ]

[ Why Does The Sky Leave Me With A Sunburn Everytime
I Hear A Cloud? ]
[ Then The Silence Sounds So Loud ]

[ The Crackling In My Nose ]
[ Sounds Like When My Eyes Feel Thirsty Everytime It Snows ]

[ After Walking (3) Miles, My Hands Really Hurt ]
[ But I Have To Tell Myself That I Still Need To Put (1) Foot
After The Other ]
[ When I Button Up My Shirt ]

[ My Lips Get Tired When I Blink ]
[ Then My Hair Hurts When I Think ]

[ Why Did I Paint (4) Fingers With Eye Liner? ]
[ It Was To Shut Them Down ]
[ & Too Stop Them Being A Winer ]

[ I Try To Have A Dry Eye In My Hand Everyday ]
[ Before I Step Off The Scale To Weigh ]
[ For The Day ]

[ I Have Never Understood Why My Eyes Make A Creaking Noise ]
[ & I Have To Snap My Toes, Before Anyone Hears My Voice ]

[ It Seems Like My Hips Always Crack ]
[ & I Can Never Wake Up If I Was Sitting On My Back ]

[ My Back Will Often Talk ]
[ After I Have Put My Shoulders Through A Lazy Walk ]

[ It Seems Like My Whole Life Is Going Up The Winding
Staircase ]
[ When Every Donut I Have Heard Has Been Baked In Haste ]

[ I Look Forward For My Birthday That Is (3) Weeks Ago ]
[ I Hope Everything Is Worked In By The Fourth Rain Of
The First Summer Snow ]

[ Snow Is Loud When It Comes Into Hearing Distance
Of Land ]
[ During That Time They Are Missing A Drummer In Their Band ]

[ Our SUV Mistakenly Lost The (S) ]
[ So Our Truck Will Remain Nameless ]

[ It Is Very Bad Off Of Gas ]
[ It Is Fun When We Can’t Stand Down & Enjoy Our Past ]

[ What To Do, What To Do ]
[ When You Try To Comb, A Too Small Shoe ]

[ I Guess I Might Donate It To McDonald’s The Next Time
That They Eat Here ]
[ So Ho Ho Ho ]
[ Thank You For Sending Me Some Hallowgivings Cheer! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(882)▪︎[ It Could Jink Anytime … 10•18•2021 ]

[ Your Life Can Jink In A Split Second Of Time ]
[ It Could Give You A Mountain That You Must Climb ]

[ On Your Way Up You Suddenly Get A Case Of Dèjà Vu ]
[ You Feel That You Have Been On This Trail Before ]
[ But You Guess That This Is Something That You Must Do ]

[ Everything Looks Different, But Kind Of The Same ]
[ But Then You See People That You Have Met Before ]
[ But You Don’t Know Remember Their Name ]

[ The Names Were Always On The Tip Of Your Tongue ]
[ You Get Kind Of Frustrated ]
[ Because You Were So Much Better @ Remembering Names
     When You Were Young ]

[ Everything Was Easier In Your Youth ]
[ It Was Just Easier To Stay In Your Groove ]

[ Now The Groove Is Covered Up With Foggy Memories ]
[ On Your Path Back, You Hope To See Alot Of Possibilities ]

[ Even Though You Got Knocked Off Of Your Path Doesn’t
     Mean You Can’t Start Another One ]
[ Even Though Your Climb Back Hasn’t Been All That Fun ]

[ You Find Out That Life Is Not Always Filled With Kicks ‘N
     Giggles ]
[ Sometimes Things Are Not Always What They Seem ]
[ Especially When You Touch Something & It Wiggles ]

[ Sometimes It Is Devastating When You Get Knocked Off
     Your Life’s Path ]
[ Sometimes It Might Be Because Of Something From Your
     Past ]

[ There Is No Reason To Become Distraught ]
[ While Putting Others On The Spot ]

[ You Might Find That Others Have Changed ]
[ Because Of Your Fall ]
[ Your Life Was Not The Only One That Got Rearranged ]

[ Oftentimes You Can Never Go Back To What You Felt
     Was Normal ]
[ You Might Go To A Party Wearing Shorts & A T-Shirt ]
[ But Everyone Else Was Dressed Formal ]

[ There Might Not Be Any Signs Of Normal That You Used
     To See ]
[ Chances Were Slim To None That Is How Things Could Be ]

[ Make The Best Of What Is New ]
[ & Have Good Memories Of What You Knew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(881)▪︎[ Silence Is Best @ Times … 10•18•2021 ]

[ Someone Once Said (TO BE SILENT IS TO BE ENSLAVED) ]
[ Does That Also Mean (IF YOU ARE SILENT, YOU ARE WELL
     BEHAVED?) ]

[ You Don’t Always Believe That When You Are Silent, You
     Are A Slave ]
[ You Are Not Always Loud When There Is Something You
     Crave ]

[ Sometimes Silence Could Actually Be The Answer To A
     Question Or Situation ]
[ Sometimes It Comes From Major Irritation ]

[ Sometimes Silence Is The Best Thing You Could Hear ]
[ You Never Want An Argument Starting Near ]

[ You Could Get Silence From Anyone ]
[ Depending On The Situation ]
[ Silence Could Say A Ton ]

[ You Could Think That You Are Being Ignored ]
[ It Could Also Mean That The Person That Was Being Silent ]
[ Could Have Bored ]

[ Not Everyone Has Something To Say ]
[ Or Some Could Be Irritating In The Worst Way ]

[ Those People You Really Hope Would Remain Silent ]
[ Or Quiet ]

[ If You Don’t Have Anything Nice, Than Say Nothing @ All ]
[ Maybe, Better Luck On The Next Call ]

[ When Some People Say That They Want To Put Their (2)
     Cents In ]
[ You Want To Give Them Change Back ]
[ Then Ask Them If They Would Like To Try That Again? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(065)▪︎[ I Need To Do Better … 1•18•2021 ]

A ][° 065 °][ I NEED TO DO BETTER … 1•18•2021 ]

[ It Seemed Like Today ]
[ I Sure Had A Whole Lot To Say ]

[ What Felt The Best ]
[ Was The Ability To Get Everything Off Of
     My Chest ]

[ What Went So Well ]
[ Was That I Did Not Sit & Dwell ]
[ About Somethings ]
[ That Was Trying Its Hardest ]
[ To Send My Whole Day To Hell ]

[ So I Tried Really Hard To Stay Grounded ]
[ So My Day Rebounded ]

[ & Did Not Sink In Hotter ]
[ Water ]

[ But I Really Need To Work On Insulating Myself Better ]
[ I•N•S•U•L•A•T•I•N•G B•E•T•T•E•R Right Down To The
     Last Letter! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(124)▪︎[ Sleep Escapes Me … Again … 2•6•2021 ]

[ Hey Restful, Sleepy Night, Where Art Thou? ]
[ It Is Now ]
[ 0559hrs In The Morning ]
[ So, It Will Help You, How? ]

[ You Do Not Know ]
[ Where You Were ]
[ About 4 Or 5 Hours Ago ]

[ You Were Searching For What To Do ]
[ @ About 10 Minutes After 2 ]
[ Wherever It Went ]
[ It Never Left Even The Slightest Clue ]

[ You Are No Longer One Of Those Guys ]
[ That Could Go To Slumber ]
[ By Simply Closing Their Eyes ]

[ It Is So Tough ]
[ & So Rough ]

[ Dealing With The Ills ]
[ That You Get ]
[ Along With The Chills ]
[ Whenever You Forget ]
[ To Take Your Pills ]

[ You Will Be In So Many Ways ]
[ Ill The Next Two Days ]

[ Your Head Feels So Off & Foggy ]
[ Your Eyes Are Usually Half Closed ]
[ Because Your Brain Feels So Groggy ]

[ You Will Get The Cold Sweats & Shakes ]
[ As You Feel The Many Body Aches ]

[ So You Really Cannot Forget ]
[ About When Your Alarm Was Set ]

[ You See The Need ]
[ To Take Your Pills Immediately ]

[ Everything That You Are Doing Should Stop ]
[ Once Your Alarm Goes Off ]

[ Then Hold Your Spot ]
[ In The Thoughts ]
[ That You’ve Got ]

[ You Always Need To Remember Back & See ]
[ Into The Far Recesses ]
[ Of Your Memory ]

[ That The Next Day You Will Feel Like Hell ]
[ Because You Did Not Feel So Well ]

[ You Need To Make A More Concerted Effort To Always Take
Them Every Single Night ]
[ Because That’s What’s Right ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(763)▪︎[ Where Can You Play? … 9•9•2021 ]

[ Could You Have A Picnic In An Operating Room? ]
[ Everything Would So Sterile ]
[ You Would Not To Swing @ Flies, Using A Broom ]

[ Could You Do The Bunny Happy Dance On An Airplane
     With People You Did Not Know? ]
[ You Would Start In The Front ]
[ Then Join In, Row By Row ]

[ Could You Use The Fireman’s Ladder Truck For An Amazing
     High Dive Into A Neighbors Pool? ]
[ That Would Look Pretty Cool ]

[ What If You Took Your Grocery List & Shopped
     Alphabetically? ]
[ Could You Get An Apple To Start ]
[ But What Would Be The (Z?) ]

[ Could You Pay For Them Only With Pennies? ]
[ Would You Be Able To Use All Twenties? ]

[ Could You Play The Game Of (TAG) In A Theater, While
     The Movie Was Playing? ]
[ You Guess That Would Make It Hard To Hear What They Are
     Saying ]

[ Could You Be In A Hospital Room & Put On A Concert? ]
[ I Imagine It Would Bother The Neighbors ]
[ Earnie & Bert ]

[ Could You Play A Football Game In The High School Halls? ]
[ All It Would Take To Do It, Would Be A Couple Of Calls ]

[ It Would Be Really Easy To Put On A Dance In The Cafeteria
     After Taking Care Of The Dishes ]
[ If You Took A Random Survey ]
[ Would This Get Many Wishes? ]

[ Is Toilet Papering Someone’s House Be A Rite Of Passage Or
     A Practical Joke? ]
[ Would It Make Things Better If You Left Them (2) 12-Packs
     Of Coke? ]

[ Would It Be My Guess ]
[ That They Would Come Back To Help Clean Up The Mess? ]

[ Could You Put A Merry-go-Round In A Bar? ]
[ If It Was Put In As A Suggestion ]
[ It Would Not Get Far ]
[ & You Wouldn’t Someone To Get Dizzy ]
[ On Their Way To Drive Their Car ]

[ Could You Play Handball ]
[ Against The Wall ]

[ In A Taco Bell ]
[ Or Does It Have Too Much Of An Intoxicating Smell? ]

[ You Have A Hunch ]
[ That You Would Have To Have A Time-Out For A Long Lunch ]

[ Could You Play Jump Rope Goin Down The Up Escalator? ]
[ Could The First One To Do It Be A High School Student
     From Ecuador? ]

[ There All Kinds Of Places & Scenarios To Have Fun ]
[ Maybe When Using Your Imagination, You Won’t Have
     To Pick Just (1) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(112)▪︎[ Stay Back … 2•2•2021 ]

[ With The 6 Feet Of Distance & The Wearing Of A Mask ]
[ You Have No Idea If The Person Right In Front Of You Is
     Happy Or Sad ]
[ & Nobody Dares To Ask ]

[ We Live In A World Where Distance Is A Must ]
[ We Don’t Go Near A Stranger ]
[ Because There Is A Big Lack Of Trust ]

[ We Don’t Know If They Are A Little Bit Of Being Mentally Off ]
[ Or If They Have The ‘VID ]
[ Because Of A Nagging Cough ]

[ Even Family Can Be Dangerous ]
[ Just Like Smoking Can Be Cancerous ]

[ It Is The Family That You Are Not Around All Of The Time That
     Are The Unknown ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Shouldn’t Allow To Come Into
     Your Home ]

[ You Don’t Know Where They Have Been ]
[ With Whom ]
[ About When? ]

[ If They Traveled, Did They Come Home & Lock The Gate ]
[ & Then Take The Time ]
[ To Voluntarily Self-Isolate? ]

[ They Probably Did Not ]
[ When They Were Put On The Spot ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(035)▪︎[ Stop, Before It Even Starts? … 1•11•2021 ]

[ How Can You Be Heard ]
[ Without Being Seen? ]
[ Can You Say Just One Word ]
[ Without Being Mean? ]

[ You Don’t Want To Be Ignored ]
[ Or ]
[ Overlooked ]
[ Anymore ]

[ You Are So Done With That ]
[ Sometimes You Feel That You Can’t ]
[ Keep All These Words That You Want To Say ]
[ Under Your Hat ]

[ & You Don’t Think That You Should Have To ]
[ Would You? ]

[ You Think That You Know ]
[ Because You Really Don’t Think So ]

[ You Wouldn’t Stay Quiet With A Closed Lip ]
[ No ]
[ Because, Sometimes You Do Shoot From The Hip ]

[ Without Considering Your Thoughts ]
[ Without The Effort ]
[ Of Connecting The Dots ]

[ Sometimes You Turn Things Into A Puzzle & Into On To Itself ]
[ When Oftentimes ]
[ You Should Have Left Those Thoughts ]
[ In The Garage, On A Shelf ]

[ You Doubt ]
[ That Some Thoughts Don’t Make A Bit Of Sense ]
[ With What You Have Been Talking About ]
[ So Then ]
[ The End Result Makes Everybody Tense ]
[ Making You Want To Shout ]
[ Out ]

[ So Before The Hammer Drops ]
[ We Should Just Stop ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(875)▪︎[ It Does Not Make Sense … 10•16•2021 ]

[ Grief & Questions Ran Through Your Head ]
[ You Could Not Believe That Your Brother Was Dead ]

[ You Thought, Just Last Week You & Brent Were Talking On The
     Phone ]
[ There Were No Abnormalities Concerning His Health That
     Were Known ]

[ The Dr’s. Did Not Know, Either ]
[ His Daughter Did Not Know, Neither ]

[ It Seemed Like It Was A Horrible Fluke ]
[ His Health Should Had Jinked ]
[ When Instead It Juked ]

[ He Stopped Breathing Because Of The Position He Was In ]
[ His Airway Was Obstructed ]
[ So He Could Not Catch His Wind ]

[ It Sure Took Some Big Balls ]
[ For His Daughter To Make The Calls ]

[ To Her Mom & You ]
[ Nobody Wanted To Be In Her Shoes ]

[ You Didn’t Go Into Denial When You Got Her Call ]
[ But You Did Want To Hit A Wall ]

[ Through Past Experience You Knew Better Than To Do That ]
[ Your Dreams Of The (2) Of You Growing Old Together, Now
     Went Splat! ]

[ Onto The Floor ]
[ So You Cannot Dream That Dream Anymore ]

[ He Really Was Not Taking Care Of His Body As Of Late ]
[ What He Drank ]
[ What He Ate ]
[ Just Was Not All That Great ]

[ Your Brother Always Thought That It Was Best ]
[ To Live His Life With Zest ]
[ Maybe He Thought ]
[ That Kind Of Life Would Put Hair On His Chest ]

[ But It Wouldn’t ]
[ Because It Couldn’t ]

[ Why Didn’t He Take Care Of Himself Better In Those Last Years? ]
[ So Now Your Dreams Are Reduced To Tears ]

[ You Used To Joke About Getting Kicked Out Of Places ]
[ Because You Guys Wouldn’t Stop Putting On Wheelchair
     Races ]

[ You Used To Tease Him, But Not The Mean Kind ]
[ That You Always Beat Him In Your Mind ]

[ You Thought That You Will Really Miss Those Calls That
     You (2) Had ]
[ Nothing That Was Said, Was Ever Bad ]
[ Everytime You Had To Hang-Up The Phone ]
[ You Got Sad ]

[ Now Who Is Going To Call You To Make You Laugh & Laugh
     For Over An Hour? ]
[ You Found That Your Brother Had That Innate Power ]

[ Nothing You Said To Each Other Made Sense ]
[ He Sure Had The Knack Of Helping You Unwind When He Called
     To See That Things Were Tense ]

[ The (MOURNING PERIOD) That People Have Always Talked
     About Were Incorrect When It Came To You ]
[ Most Of The Levels Of Grief You Breezed Right Through ]

[ Grief Never Got You All Riled ]
[ Most Of The Time ]
[ Because You Never Went Through A Mountain Of Denial ]
[ That You Couldn’t Climb ]

[ When His Daughter Called To Let You Know That Your Brother
     Had Died ]
[ You Never Argued With Her & Thought That She Had Lied ]

[ You Did Have Times When You Shed Your Share Of Tears ]
[ But You Never Drowned Your Sorrows ]
[ In Shots Of Tequila & Beers ]

[ Since He Died In February ]
[ A Trip To Las Vegas In March ]
[ Was Not Necessary ]

[ You Struggle To Make Sense Of The Senseless ]
[ Because How Did He Get Into This Mess? ]

[ Now That He Is Gone ]
[ Everyone Has Had To Move On ]

[ Your Brother May Not Have Lived The Cleanest Life ]
[ But You Are So Glad That He Separated From His Horrible,
     Greedy & Mean Wife ]

[ You Miss Your Brother @ Times ]
[ That Is Why You Had To Write This Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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