Category: [ 2022 Stories ]

(075)▪︎[ Shock … 1•25•2022 ]

[ The Shock Is Spreading All Over The Town ]
[ Did You Hear That The London Bridge Was Falling Down? ]

[ From What You Can See ]
[ You Wonder How That Could Be? ]

[ When Good Men Do Nothing ]
[ Does That Mean Something? ]

[ Does That There Cause Evil To Come? ]
[ Or Is That What Good Men Run From? ]

[ Evil Can Come In All Shapes & Sizes ]
[ Some Might Be An Obvious Sight ]
[ While Others Might Hide Behind Disguises ]

[ The Obvious Ones Are The Hardest To Figure Out ]
[ Does It Give You Over Confidence ]
[ Or Does It Give You Doubt? ]

[ A Sheep In Wolfs Clothing Perhaps ]
[ Some May Be Wide Awake ]
[ While Others Are Caught Taking Naps ]

[ When They Are Caught, It Is Up To Their Neck ]
[ After The Brawl ]
[ You See Barely A Speck ]

[ They Should Travel In Packs ]
[ Than If Needed ]
[ They Could Fight The Big Bad Wolf Back To Back ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(663)▪︎[ My Dog & Her Wife … 10•31•2022 ]

[ Yesterday, I Found My Dog All Sprawled Out On Her Back ]
[ She Definitely Was Not The Recipient Of A Surprise Attack ]

[ I Walked Closer To Her & Noticed That There Were Party Poppers
     All Over The Yard ]
[ Freckles, What Happened Here In Our Back Yard? ]

[ They All Seemed To Have Had A Good Time ]
[ But On Whose Dime? ]

[ There Were Empty Bottles, Cans & One Small Keg ]
[ C’mon Guys, Is It Too Small Of A Beg? ]
[ & By The Way ,]
[ Whose Lamp Is That In The Shape Of A Leg? ]

[ My Dog Has Even Borrowed The Next Door Neighbors Sons
     Big Boom Box For Sound ]
[ From What I Hear From Our Neighbors ]
[ The Music Shook The Ground ]

[ For Her, It Wasn’t All About The Bass ]
[ Because The Fun Starts When See’s A Cat ]
[ Than It Would Be All About The Chase! ]

[ It Is Not Very Often That Your Dog Graduates From Obedient
     Studies ]
[ Now Her Dog & My Dog Can Be Walking Buddies ]

[ Her Dog & Mine Used To Fetch Sticks Together ]
[ But Stopped When We Started Getting Nasty Weather ]

[ I Never Thought That (2) Dogs Could Be Gay ]
[ But If My Girl Is Happy ]
[ Than Things Are Okay ]

[ After My Girl Went To The Dowtown Clinic ]
[ Her Girl Was Apprehensive About Where She Went ]
[ Because Everybody Knows What Kinds Of Dogs Are In It ]

[ My Dog Has A Temper When It Comes To Others Talking Smack
     About Little One’s ]
[ For Those That Do ]
[ Chasing Them Down Would Be Alot Of Fun ]

[ That Is Where Her Dream Always Stops & She Has To Face
     Reality ]
[ Whenever The (2) Dogs Get Together, They Both Agree ]

[ That If Puppies Are Involved ]
[ Their Discussion Has Been Resolved ]
[ The Mystery Has Been Solved ]

[ My Little Girl Would Be The Carrier Of The Next Generation ]
[ This Decision Causes Zero Consternation  ]

[ Both Families Respect The Others Dog )
[ No One Has Any Fog ]
[ & Show Respect To Each Other, With A Head Nod ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(318)▪︎[ No Pity, Here … 4•27•2022 ]

[ Everyone Has A Backstory Of Their Very Own ]
[ They Can Write About It In An Email ]
[ Or Call Somebody On Their Phone ]

[ Some Like To Tell It While They Are On The (SHARK TANK) Show ]
[ Why Do They Do That? ]
[ Does Anyone Know? ]

[ Is It To Get A Better Deal? ]
[ Is It To Get A Free Meal? ]

[ NO … The One That Cries ]
[ Buys ]

[ & This Is Not Like Going To Burger King ]
[ The Last Time We Got Food From There ]
[ I Took (2) Bites & I Did Not Completely Eat The Burger Thing ]

[ It Actually Made Me Feel Ill ]
[ I Would Not Buy Another ]
[ Even If It Would Only Charge Me (1) Dollar Bill ]

[ No One Had The Perfect Childhood ]
[ Sometimes The Day Was Hard Or Bad ]
[ Sometimes Exciting Or Good ]

[ But There Are Ones Who Really Look For Pity ]
[ While Talking To Someone In The City ]

[ They Don’t Deserve It ]
[ If They Are Asking For It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(308)▪︎[ Black Eye … 4•25•2022

[ There Sure Is A Whole Lot Of Angst Going On Out In
     Society Right Now ]
[ Society Was Just Walking Around ]
[ & Then POW ]
[ The ‘VID19 Struck! ]
[ It Hit So Hard ]
[ Nobody Had Time To Duck ]
[ & Then We Were Stuck ]

[ Stuck Inside ]
[ Society Was Not Even Able To Take This In Stride ]

[ There Were Whispers About It (1) Day ]
[ & Then Boom ]
[ It Was Like An In-Law That Over Did Their Stay ]

[ The World Has Had It’s Epidemics ]
[ Before ]
[ But This Became A Pandemic ]
[ As It Burst Through The Door ]

[ No Knocking, No Ringing Of The Doorbell ]
[ You Knew You Tested Positive ]
[ When You Lost Your Sense Of Taste & Smell ]

[ That Made Everybody To Quarantine In Place ]
[ Not Tomorrow Or The Next ]
[ No, You Were Supposed To Quarantine En Haste ]

[ The World Lost More Than ½ A Million People ]
[ That Put Some Families In A Deep Hole ]

[ Because Some Families Lost The Person Who Used To Steer
     Their Ship ]
[ They Used To Be A Beacon Of Light ]
[ But Now They Are Just A Blip ]

[ Some Ships Are Rudderless ]
[ Reaching Down & Pulling The Pin Of Their Duress ]

[ Getting On The Radio That The Distress ]
[ Is Truly A Mess ]

[ Then What Is This (CANCEL CULTURE?) ]
[ Is It A Population Vulture? ]

[ Something That Comes Down From The Sky & Shouts ]
[ (YOU’re OUT!?) ]

[ Confusing In The Least ]
[ Once Again … Was This From The East? ]

[ The World Cannot Keep Blaming Them ]
[ They Are Not Always The Problem ]

[ The Problem Is US!! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(621)▪︎[ Live & Learn … 10•5•2022 ]

(To My Beautiful Wife …)

[ I Often Think About The Nights When I Talked To This Stranger ]
[ Everything Was Friendly ]
[ Then One Day I Thought My Heart Was In Danger ]

[ The Stranger Eventually Became My Wife ]
[ There Were Many Times That She Saved My Life ]

[ Figuratively ]
[ & Literally ]

[ My Life Was Stuck In Neutral, When We Met ]
[ I Was Sad Every Night Whener She Left ]

[ We Would Talk For Hours About Real Life Things ]
[ About Happy Moments ]
[ & What In Your Life Really Stings ]

[ She Checked Every Box On The List Of (SHE MUST) ]
[ @ The Start Of Our Friendship ]
[ Romance Wasn’t Just ]

[ It Did Not Fit With Me Yet ]
[ I Could Not Fathom How Far This Union Would Get ]

[ 26.5 Years & Still Counting ]
[ Problems Will Always Be There ]
[ They Are Not @ The Moment Mounting ]

[ It Is A Wonderful Feeling Knowing That You Get To Wake-Up
     Next To Your Best Friend & Partner All In One ]
[ The Bad Times Are Hard ]
[ But The Good Times Are Alot Of Fun ]

[ We Give Alot More Hugs Than Bump Heads ]
[ She Helps Me Remember, Dispense & Purchase All Of My Meds ]

[ I Remember The Days When I Thought That All We Would Be Was
     Good Friends ]
[ This Definitely Is Not One Of Those Dead-Ends ]

[ I Am Not Saying To Run Out & Date Someone From Your
     Inner Circle Right NOW ]
[ It Worked For Me ]
[ But I Can Not Tell Anyone A (WHY) Or A (HOW?) ]

[ It Just Worked ]
[ She Married Me & My Quirks ]

[ I Don’t Ever Leave The Seat Up Whenever I Use Her Toilet ]
[ Whenever She Goes In After Me, I Want To Tell Her She
     Has No Need To Fret ]

[ I Don’t Have Caveman Manners Or Grew Up In A Barn ]
[ There Will Be No Screams From Downstairs ]
[ Unless Someone Hid The Yarn ]

[ The Big Things Are No Longer A Big Deal ]
[ Because The Person Beside Me Is Real ]

[ Dating A Good Friend Does Not Always Work Out ]
[ It Usually Is Filled With Many Days & Nights Of Doubt ]
[ But Don’t Pout ]

[ Love Can Find You When Your Back Is Turned ]
[ But Many Times Someone Gets Burned ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(620)▪︎[ Does My Dog Drink? … 10•4•2022 ]

[ My Dear ‘Ole Dog Likes To Drink ]
[ I Think ]

[ I See Mounds Of Dirt ]
[ In One Of Them I Can See ]
[ My Favorite Old Shirt ]

[ Maybe Because It Smells Like Me ]
[ It Probably Gave Her Some Good Memories ]

[ I Know That She Loves To Dig ]
[ Sometimes She Moves Dirt With her Nose ]
[ Like A Pig ]

[ But One Day I Dug Down Into Her Mounds ]
[ I Was Amazed In @ What I Found ]
[ I Thought That She Had Put On A Few Pounds ]

[ A Couple Of Years Back, She Chastised Me Because I Did Not
     Notice Her Gray Hairs ]
[ They Seemed To Be Growing On Her Chin In Pairs ]

[ THAT Was The Reason Why I Noticed Her Weight Gain ]
[ @ First I Wanted To Refrain ]

[ But I Could Not Figure Out, The One Question That Stumped
     Me As I Got Older ]
[ Would She Go Up To An Older Man ]
[ & Tap Him On The Shoulder? ]

[ She Had Such Brazen Fire Irons & She Could Talk To Anyone ]
[ She Would Think That Would Be A Great Deal Of Fun ]

[ That Technique Of Getting Alcohol Predates Even Me ]
[ But It Could Cost Alot ]
[ It Wasn’t Free ]

[ You Would Have To Buy Your Alcohol Plus Give The Stranger
     A Big Tip ]
[ I Did Not Want To Give A Rip ]

[ But I Did ]
[ My Confidence Slid ]

[ My Innocent Looking Dog Has A Really Mean Glare ]
[ When She Locks Onto Your Eyes You Wish That You Were
     Not There ]

[ It Actually Hurts The Eyes ]
[ You Could Be A Nice Woman ]
[ Or One Of The Toughest Guys ]

[ I Ended Up Not Confronting My Dog ]
[ I Thought That It Would Be Okay ]
[ To Live My Life Like A Bump On A Log ]

[ My Dog Eventually Found The Reason To Try Sobriety ]
[ She Has Been Talking A Bunch To This Older Male Kitty ]

[ Who Am To Split Them Apart? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(126)▪︎[ To Our Wonderful Jess … 2•6•2022 ]

[ Oh I Have To Say ( JESS … ) ]
[ (BECAUSE OF THESE FEW LAST YEARS … ) ]
[ (YOU HAVE TURNED INTO ONE HOT MESS!) ]

[ When It Is Your Turn To Clean The Whole Kitchen ]
[ Get In There & Stop Your Bitchin’ ]

[ When Your Roommates Look All Around ]
[ & Look @ The Food Trail That You Have Left
On The Ground ]


[ When It Comes To Be Your Week To Clean ]
[ You Are NO WHERE To Be Seen ]

[ Maybe You Have Been Hiding In That Room Where
That Awful Smell Is Emenating From ]
[ Sometimes When I Walk By Your Room ]
[ I Wish That I Had The ‘VID, Because Then My Sense Of
Smell Would Be Numb ]

[ But It Is Not, So That Is The Problem From What I
Can See & Smell ]
[ Whenever I Walk By Your Room, It Puts My Nose
Through Hell ]

[ You Were Told Not To Overload The Washer @
Least Twice ]
[ If You Would Have Listened ]
[ That Would Had Been Nice ]

[ But Then … Look What You Did! ]
[ You Made A Huge Mess, Then Went Into Your Dark
Hole & Hid! ]

[ When You Cleaned Up YOUR Mess, What Did You Use? ]
[ OH Ya, Nothing ]
[ Because You Refused! ]

[ When Are You Moving So We Could All Be Rid Of Your
Issues & Problems Down South? ]
[ Where Someone Else Can Deal With You ]
[ & Listen To The Garbage You Spew ]
[ Out Of Your Mouth ]

[ So … Can We All Chip In To Get ]
[ One, One-Way Ticket? ]
[ Yet? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(375)▪︎[ Ms. Allison … 5•26•2022 ]

[ When There Was A Knock On The Door, Who Could It Be ]
[ It Was A Younger, Smiling Caregiver, I See ]

[ Her Name Was Allison, Or Alli To Her Friends, She Was Stating ]
[ I Would Give Her An (A+) If I Was Going To Give Her A Rating ]

[ She Conquered Every Task ]
[ When Asked ]

[ She Smiled @ Me, Instead Of Having A Bad Attitude ]
[ She Showed Me An Even Amount Of Gratitude ]

[ When Given Something Small In Size ]
[ She Gave Me A Smile That Maked Me Realize ]

[ How Nice It Is To Be Smiled @ ]
[ Instead Of Yelled @ ]
[ Or Glared @ ]

[ Some CG Just Come To Earn A Paycheck ]
[ Not Just To Keep An Eye Open ]
[ So They Can Peak In & Check ]

[ Allison Was Confident But Not Really Full Of Herself ]
[ She Also Doesn’t Compare Herself To Anyone Else ]

[ She Was A One Of A Kind ]
[ In Everyone’s Mind ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(566)▪︎[ Team SATURDAY … 9•4•2022 ]

[ Well Jori, You & Team Saturday Forever Changed My Life ]
[ Because Of Unforseen Circumstances ]
[ Myself & My Wife ]

[ Had To Stop ]
[ I Am Sorry That It Feels Like An Abrupt Drop ]

[ We Are Trying To Stay On Our Feet ]
[ But In The Meantime We Will Have To Remember All That You
Have Taught Us When We Sit Down To Eat ]

[ We Started The WW Program (2) Years After 2010 ]
[ I Did Not Want To Do It ]
[ & Then … ]

[ Eventually I Reached My Goal ]
[ So I Thought That I Could Reach (LIFE TIME) ]
[ Since I Was On A Roll ]

[ No Joking About Bread ]
[ I Was Talking About Hard Work Instead ]

[ We Stumbled Into (TEAM SATURDAY) & You Off Of A
Recommendation From Another Member ]
[ Right Now, I Wish I Could Remember ]

[ Who To Thank ]
[ But My Mind Draws A Blank ]

[ Now Let Me Explain Something To My (TEAM SATURDAY)
Members About What I Do During Our Weekly Meetings ]
[ I Write A Story With What I Hear So I Can Read It @ A
Different Time ]
[ I Am Also Not Just Reading ]

[ No Checking On Facebook During My WW Time ]
[ As I Listen To All Of The Day’s Information ]
[ I Will Take Notes By Writing A Story That Will Rhyme ]

[ Then I Can Go Back & Read What I Wrote ]
[ For Me, That Is Much Better Than Taking A Couple Of Notes ]

[ Jori, We Thank You For All Of Your Guidance & Advice ]
[ Everytime I Went To The Meeting I Wondered How You’d
Be Dressed ]
[ & Every Single Meeting You Were Always So Nice ]

[ You Were ½ The Reason That We Succeeded, The Other ½
Was Because Of Those Who Were On The Same Journey ]
[ Each Person Walks The Path Differently ]

[ Sherpa Steps, One After The Other ]
[ Trusting Your Brother ]

[ (TEAM SATURDAY) Was The Best, Most Inclusive, Supportive
Group Of People That We Had Ever Met ]
[ People Would Come & Go ]
[ But The Core Group Was Set ]

[ The Only Thing That I’ve Been A Part Of Longer, In Years, Is My
Marriage, 26 & Counting ]
[ We Are Sorry About Being So Hit & Miss Towards The End ]
[ Since The ‘VID19, Pressure Had Been Mounting ]

[ Please Know That This Was Because Of Unfortunate Problems &
Nothing More ]
[ There Have Been Surprises Galore ]

[ Who Knows, When Things Level Out ]
[ We Will Come Back, To Where People Shout ]

[ T E A M S A T U R D A Y! ]

[ Thank You All ]
[ Nicole & Robert DeVoe ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(542)▪︎[ Silly Dani … 8•20•2022 ]

[ Well Ms. Dani, You Have Been In A (COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP)
Now For Over A Year ]
[ The (C-WORD) Used To Be Your Biggest Fear ]

[ You Laughed In The Face Of A Gentleman Suiter Who Actually
Thought He Could Be In A (C-WORD) ]
[ You Laughed & Laughed @ Him ]
[ When You Stopped Laughing, You Told Him (THAT WAS
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST THINGS THAT I’ve EVER HEARD!) ]

[ Laughing @ Him To His Face ]
[ Was Your Non-Verbal Way Of Saying (YOU ARE WAY OFF
BASE) ]

[ You Had Never Been @ A Loss For Words ]
[ That Guys Thnking Was For The Birds ]

[ Dani, Me & Your Friendship Has Never Had Walls ]
[ I Know That If I Would Do Anything To Screw Up My Woderful
Marriage ]
[ You Would Track Me Down & Cut Off My Balls! ]

[ You Were Such The Patient ABC With Our Son ]
[ I Remember Watching Some Of Your Interactions ]
[ It Never Looked Like You Were Having Fun ]

[ You Were Forever So Patient Whenever He Would Foolishly
Get In Your Face ]
[ Whenever I Saw That Train Wreck Happening ]
[ I Would Think (SON … YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET YOUR JAW
DISPLACED!) ]

[ When You Checked In With Me @ The End Of Your Shift ]
[ It Would Always Give Me A Lift ]

[ I Loved The End Of The Week & When You Were So Very Tired ]
[ But I Was Shocked That It Made You So Wired ]

[ I Could Not Believe How Much The Dances Made Me Want
The Disco Era To Come Back ]
[ Energy Was Not Something That You Lacked ]

[ I Really Wanted To Get A Video Of A Dancing Dani ]
[ Maybe (10) Or (15) Minutes ]
[ Freestyle & Nothing Fancy ]

[ When You Left You Really Raised The Bar High ]
[ Whenever A New ABC Would Come In & Be Subpar ]
[ I Would Sit Down & Sigh ]

[ (4) Months Into Your Employment We Figured You Had
Become Irreplaceable ]
[ Everything That You Tried, You Were More Than Able ]

[ Now Roosevelt Takes Up Most Of Your Time ]
[ Now You Have Nellie To Spend All Of Your Dimes ]

[ You Were An Outstanding ABC ]
[ & An Even Better Friend To Me ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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