[ There Is This Cute Couple That I Have Met ]
[ Brie Is My Caregiver ]
[ But I Have Not Met Alex, Yet ]
[ I Got Extremely Lucky ]
[ To Have Brie Assigned To Me ]
[ I Am Sure That She Is A Wanted Caregiver By All Of The Rest
Of Her Clients ]
[ I Want Her No Matter What Is Spent ]
[ She Is Entertaining From The Very Minute That She Steps
Inside My Door ]
[ Come 1000pm I Am Saying (I WANT MORE) ]
[ She Gives Me A Shower That Is Very Gentle & Slow ]
[ I Try To Educate Her On Stuff That She Does Not Know ]
[ Brie P. Is The Yin To Alex Lewis’s Yang ]
[ Neither (1) Was Ever In A Gang ]
[ When Brie Comes To My Door On Monday, I Know It Is Going
To Be A Fun (2) Days ]
[ Brie Can Make Me Laugh In So Many Different Ways ]
[ Sometimes The Joke Falls In My Lap ]
[ Then It Just Blows Away While I Take A Nap ]
[ When I Nap, Brie Watches Me Like A Hawk ]
[ She Watches My Moves To See Where They Are Going ]
[ She Listens To The Words When I Talk ]
[ She Does Not Chuckle @ Me While I Stand There In The
Shower ]
[ Sometimes A New Caregiver Can Turn You Into A Coward ]
[ A Bad Look Or A Bad Word ]
[ When Brie Showers Me That Is Not What I’ve Heard ]
[ When Sitting Watching T.V. With Brie I Don’t Feel Bored ]
[ Then @ 930 She Sweeps The Floors ]
[ A Conversation That We Had Several Days Ago Gave Me A
Whole Different Perspective On Pizza Rolls ]
[ If It Came From Someone Else ]
[ I Don’t Think I Would Believe What I Was Told ]
[ Words Like (COGNITIVE DISONENCE) Is What I Told Her ]
[ Then I Explained It, Until She Was Sure ]
[ I Have No Idea What The Future Holds ]
[ I Guess I Just Have To Go With The Roll ]
[ I Want Brie To Always Know ]
[ That She Is Always Welcomed In My Home ]
[ Alex Too ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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Category: [ 2022 Stories ]
[352]▪︎[ The Twinkle In My Eye … 5•16•2022 ]
[ You Are The Peanut Butter To My Grape Jelly ]
[ You Are The Laugh That Causes The Jiggle In My Belly ]
[ You Always Say (HELLO) ]
[ When Somebody Is Saying (GOODBYE) ]
[ When I Am Feeling Low ]
[ You Bring Me Pie ]
[ You Are The Macaroni To My Cheese ]
[ I Will Try To Give You The World ]
[ Even Before You Say Please ]
[ I Am The Tray, To Your Table ]
[ I Will Do Most Anything For You ]
[ When I Am Physically Able ]
[ You Are The Promise In A Ring ]
[ I Love Every Repetitive Parts ]
[ When You Sing ]
[ You Are The Rose To My Daisy ]
[ You Always Center Me ]
[ When I Am Acting Bat-Shit Crazy ]
[ Some How You Put Up With All Of My Collections ]
[ & I Am Glad That You Can Read My Stories ]
[ Then Help Me Make Corrections ]
[ You Are The Diet Dr. Pepper To My Coke ]
[ Your Money Management Keeps Us From Going Broke ]
[ You’re My Lemonade To Your Orange Juice ]
[ Whenever You Want A Hug Or Kiss ]
[ I Have No Excuse ]
[ To Not Pucker-Up & Open My Arms Wide ]
[ I Neither Lead Or Follow ]
[ Because I Want You By My Side ]
[ I Am The Banana In Your Banana Split ]
[ Neither One Hits ]
[ Nor Shovels Shit ]
[ You Are The Bubble To My Gum ]
[ You Are Always Quick With An Answer ]
[ Because Nobody Says That You Are Dumb ]
[ You Are The Tail That Wags This Dog ]
[ You Never Sit Around Being A Bump On A Log ]
[ You Are The Helium That Makes My Balloon Rise ]
[ You Never Hide Or Come In Disguise ]
[ I Stick My Chest Out & Walk Tall Everyday Of My Life ]
[ Because I Always Get A Little Twinkle In My Right Eye ]
[ When I Start Talking About You, My Wife ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(004)▪︎[ Good Fight … 1•2•2022 ]
[ So Year 2021 Has Come & Gone ]
[ & Society As A Whole Has Chosen To Move On ]
[ So Much For Unfulfilled Expectations ]
[ Sometimes Because Of Some Complications ]
[ & There Is Oh So Much Violence ]
[ Code Of The Streets ]
[ Is To Give Silence ]
[ Nobody Wants To Start Talking ]
[ If They Want To Have The Ability To Keep Walking ]
[ Motto On The Street Is (SNITCHES … )
[ (GET STITCHES) ]
[ So There Is Zero Percentage Of Incidents Being Solved ]
[ Because Nobody Can Afford To Get Involved ]
[ They Won’t Only Go After The Person, They Threaten To Go
After Their Families ]
[ So Now People Will Fear What They Can’t See ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Talk ]
[ Especially When The Legal People Balk ]
[ Nobody Can Afford To Move ]
[ Even Though They Have Everything To Lose ]
[ Even Their Life ]
[ Or The Husband Or Wife ]
[ Say Goodnight ]
[ Keep Up The Good Fight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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[ 003 ]▪︎[ Go Indeed … 1•1•2022 ]
[ Well Once Again It Is Time To Start Anew ]
[ You Look Out @ The Stars ]
[ & Wonder What Will Happen In This Next Year When The Sky
Turns Blue ]
[ Will It Be Filled With Good Times & Prosperity? ]
[ Or Will There Be A Discrepancy ]
[ When It Comes To The Lines Of Your Property? ]
[ Will Your Mind Be Filled With Negative Thoughts ]
[ Or Will You Have To Blend In With The Other Robots? ]
[ When You Are Feeling All Alone ]
[ Are Your Movements Being Checked On By A High Flying
Government Drone? ]
[ Why Are You Being Checked On? ]
[ You Thought That Once You Became An Adult ]
[ All Of The Adult Supervision Would Be Withdrawn ]
[ But It Has Not ]
[ & That Is Wearing On Your Thoughts ]
[ Why Is There The Need? ]
[ Is It Because Of Your Slow Speed? ]
[ Is It Because You Put Your Resume Out There On Indeed? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(001)▪︎[ New Beginnings … 1•1•2022 ]
[ When New Years Eve Starts To Be Later I Wonder If This
Is The End, Or The Start Of A New Year? ]
[ That Answer Has Never, Ever Been Very Clear ]
[ Kind Of Fuzzy Actually ]
[ Where Do I Go To Get This Factually? ]
[ Who Wants To Bring In The New Year Bent Over A Toilet? ]
[ That Would Be Nobody You Have Ever Met ]
[ This Is What You Would Call A Conundrum ]
[ Whoever Has The Answer, Remains Mum ]
[ You’d Like To Think That Is Not The End ]
[ It Is A New Start ]
[ Whatever Is Able To Mend ]
[ Might Be Somebody’s Broken Heart ]
[ Broken Down & Defeated ]
[ Their Bank Account Got Depleted ]
[ Nobody Wants To Start Out The New Year Broke ]
[ You’re Like That Wounded Bear ]
[ That Someone Just Poked ]
[ Everytime The Bear Tries ]
[ To Rise ]
[ He Always Gets Handed A Bad Surprise ]
[ Oh, Rent Is Due ]
[ & Their $1000 Car Payment Is Due, Too ]
[ Everyone Hopes For A New Beginning ]
[ & Then They Will Be Winning ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(110)▪︎[ It Worked This Time … 2•7•2022 ]
[ When I Get Down On Myself & Depressed, People Tell
Me To Reach For The Phone ]
[ Call Some Agency, With Employees Doing Their Job ]
[ Then Hope For A (GET HAPPY) From Some Person That I
Have Never Known ]
[ What Can A Stranger Do? ]
[ When They Have Never Met You? ]
[ They Don’t Know Your Personality Or Your Quirks ]
[ Does This Agency Hire Alot Of People Who Are Jerks? ]
[ I Would Talk To Him & He Would Say (GO AHEAD) ]
[ (WHO CARES WHO WILL FIND YOU WHEN YOU ARE DEAD?) ]
[ Someone Encouraging My Negative & Suicidal Thoughts ]
[ Wanting To Chat About My Nightmares & The Days When
I Would See Spots ]
[ How Much Training Do These Employees Have? ]
[ An Hour & A ½? ]
[ Not Including The Bathroom & Lunch Breaks ]
[ That An Employee Always Takes ]
[ Where & When Am I Going To Have Trust? ]
[ Do They Swear That They Won’t Tell Their Friends About Such
& Such ]
[ How Am I Going To Trust Someone That Gets Paid For
This Phone Call? ]
[ This Person Would Be As Vested In Me As My Bedroom Wall ]
[ How Would I Think That This Would Ever Work @ This Time? ]
[ Well, I Am Still Alive To Write This Rhyme ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[336]▪︎[ Sea Of Tranquility … 5•7•2022 ]
[ I Was Lost On The Sea Of Tranquility ]
[ I Had No Oar Or Motor ]
[ There Was No Ability ]
[ To Get To An Island ]
[ Or Dry Sand ]
[ Water ]
[ & Falter ]
[ Surrounded Me ]
[ It Seemed That All I Could See ]
[ Was The Sea ]
[ I Do Not Normally Give Up On Something Without A Fight ]
[ But I Could Not See Any Help In Sight ]
[ When I Had No Oar ]
[ I Could Not Paddle For ]
[ Or In Any Direction ]
[ When You Are On The Ocean ]
[ It Is Hard To Make Corrections ]
[ When In The The Calm, You Are A Sitting Duck ]
[ When The Big Waves Come ]
[ You Are Totally Fucked ]
[ You Are @ The Mercy Of Nature ]
[ So There Are So Many Situations Where You Are Not So Sure ]
[ Right Now, The Sky Is Incredibly Blue ]
[ All Of Those Stories About The Ocean Sky’s Were True ]
[ It Is The Water Where You Must Show Concern ]
[ Even If The Sun Is The Natural Thing That Will Burn ]
[ What Are Your Plans ]
[ Once You Get Back To Land? ]
[ When? ]
[ What About If? ]
[ & If Then? ]
[ How Do You Not Get Into This Predicament Again? ]
[ How Can You Tell If It Is Starting To Begin? ]
[ Once You Put Your First Foot In That Specific Boat? ]
[ Do You Yell (WHOA!) ]
[ Words Are Going To Stop You? ]
[ Says Who? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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[319]▪︎[ Remember? … 4•28•2022 ]
[ Go Swiftly Into The Night ]
[ Without A Fight ]
[ Waiting For The Uplifting Morning Light ]
[ Nighttime ]
[ Should Not Be Frightime ]
[ It Should Be A Time Of Relaxation ]
[ It Should Not Be A Time Of Consternation ]
[ Anxiety Is The Worst When It‘s Dark ]
[ You Hear The Wind & The Hard Rain ]
[ Contrasted By The Occasional Dog Bark ]
[ There Are No Lights On Your Street ]
[ There Is No Moonlight To Let You See The Person You Might
Meet ]
[ There Are Moonless Nights When You Can’t See Your Hand
When It Is Right In Front Of Your Face ]
[ That Is When You Have Your Keys In Your Left Hand ]
[ & The Right Hand Has A Tight Grip Of Your Canister Of Mace ]
[ It Is Not Because Of The Occasional Neighborhood Kid
Flying By On His Mountain Bike ]
[ It Is Because Of Your Past & The People You Did Not Like ]
[ Your Past Took You Down Many Winding Paths Where Nobody1
Likes To Go ]
[ You Just Do Not Want To Run Into Someone That You
Used To Know ]
[ Back Then You Were Ashamed & Embarrassed By The Things That
Used To Occupy Your Time ]
[ While Others Were Making Bank ]
[ You Could Not Even Find A Dime ]
[ You Know That Is All In The Past? ]
[ When You Put Your Heart Into It ]
[ You Made A Change Really Fast ]
[ Nobody Is Perfect By Any Means ]
[ But People Have To Choose (1) Side Or The Other ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Being In-Between ]
[ Pick (1) With All Of Your Best Effort ]
[ & Stay Out Of Prison ]
[ Always Remember Your Dates In Court ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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[316]▪︎[ Such Good Care … 4•25•2022 ]
[ I Have Had Caregivers (CG’s) For @ Least The Last (6) Or (7)
Years Now In My House ]
[ Some Haven’t, But Most Have ]
[ Met My Spouse ]
[ Most Of Them She Approved ]
[ A Couple Of Them I Had To Call Their Agency ]
[ To Have Them Removed ]
[ (2) CG’s Planned A Burglary That Really Did Me Wrong ]
[ When We Came Home After A Day Away ]
[ I Noticed That Alot Of My Belongings Were Gone ]
[ That Knocked My Sense Of Trust Against The Wall ]
[ But Then The Good, Honest & Hard Working CG’s That I Have
Come To Have ]
[ Showed Me That Kind Of Thinking Wasn’t Thought By All ]
[ CG’s Run The Gamut Of How Society Is Like ]
[ Some Are Qualified To Drive A Car ]
[ While Others Only Know How To Peddle A Bike ]
[ Most CG’s Are Hard Working, Loving Women ]
[ They Will Do Most Anything ]
[ They Just Need To Be Told The How, If & When ]
[ I Like Consistency When It Comes To Who Is In My Home ]
[ When The Doorbell Rings ]
[ It Is Always The Unknown ]
[ More CG’s Are On The Honest Side ]
[ As Opposed To The Many CG’s That Have Stolen From Me & Lied ]
[ CG’s Are Such A Big Help When They Are Here On Shift ]
[ When The CG & I Have A Good Connection ]
[ She Is A Tremendous Lift ]
[ & Her Care Is A Life Saving Gift ]
[ A Good CG Far Outweighs The Bad ]
[ A Good CG Does Not Come To My Door Sad ]
[ A Good CG Holds Off From Getting Mad ]
[ Being A Good CG Is Not A Fad ]
[ Having A Caring CG Is Really Nice ]
[ But The One’s That Come Across Like Ice ]
[ Do Not Come Here Twice ]
[ Really Good CG’s Are Really Hard To Find ]
[ A Good CG Is A Special Kind ]
[ Of Woman ]
[ Not A Man ]
[ They Just Do Not Have The Caring In Them ]
[ A Good CG Is Never A (HIM) ]
[ I Have Zero Control On Who Is Sent ]
[ I Could Put 1,000 Thank You’s In A Bucket ]
[ & Say (THAT WAS TIME WELL SPENT) ]
[ When It Comes To Good Days & Nights With My CG’s ]
[ That Number Does Not Make A Dent ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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[290]▪︎[ Drunk In The Trunk … 4•21•2022 ]
[ Awile Ago I Wrote A Story About My Drunk Dog ]
[ After My Dog Proof Read It ]
[ She Allowed Me To Post It On My Blog ]
[ Whenever My Blog Got A (LIKE) On Her Story I Would Let
Her Know ]
[ She Would Point Her Nose Up & Bark (SO) ]
[ Sad To Say She Is Still Drinking Until She Gets Drunk ]
[ (1) Day I Could Not Find Her Until I Heard Snoring
Coming From The Car Trunk ]
[ My Dog Has Never Been Accused Of Being Boring ]
[ It Was Entertaing Listening To Her Snoring ]
[ My Dog Is A Really Good Functioning Alcoholic ]
[ She Drinks To Excess Every Night On The Days That End
In (Y) ]
[ She Has Never Called In Sick ]
[ I Cannot Get Her Off Her (MD20/20)
[ In Her Doghouse ]
[ I Have Found That She Always Has Plenty ]
[ Why Can’t She Be A Good Dog, Instead Of The Hassle She Is ]
[ (1) Night She Was So Drunk ]
[ She Was Chasing Some Of The Neoghbohood Kids ]
[ She Doesn’t Go Goth ]
[ She Eats Some Dish Soap ]
[ So All The Kids Thinks She Is Ill Because Of The Froth ]
[ I Always Have To Explain To The Neighbors Who Has The
Thought In Their Head ]
[ I Tell Them (NO, SHE IS NOT ONE OF THE WALKING DEAD!) ]
[ My Son Thinks That I Should Not Tell Them ]
[ I Just Don’t Want My Drunk Dog To Become A Problem ]
[ I Sure Am Glad That She Does Not Have Access To The Car Keys ]
[ Than She Would Go Wherever She Pleased ]
[ Well She Does This Now ]
[ To The Degree Of Alcohol She Guzzels ]
[ I Have No Idea How ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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