Category: [ 2023 Stories ]

(258)▪︎[ Don’t Take A Drink … 3•1•2023 ]

[ How & Why Do I Stay Sober? ]
[ It’s Not Because I Found A Field Covered With Four Leaf Clover ]

[ Every Day That I Do Not Take A Drink ]
[ That Is Another Day That My Head Is Not In The Sink ]
[ Or Spend One Minute Living On The Brink ]

[ Of Ruining My Life ]
[ Because I Cherish My Son & Wife ]
[ & I Want To Continue To Write ]

[ In College I Became A Week-End Drinker ]
[ But That Didn’t Cause Me To Be A Foggy Thinker ]

[ It Did Seem That I Got Drunk Really Quick ]
[ I Was Always Thankful That Come Morning ]
[ I Never Had A Hangover Or Got Sick ]

[ I Never Did Aquire A Taste For Beer Or Wine ]
[ Even When We Went Out To Dine ]
[ I Took That As A Good Sign ]

[ I Don’t Think That I Ever Had A Drink When We Were Out About The Town ]
[ I Never Threw Up Or Fell Down ]
[ I Never Was Mistaken Me For A Clown ]

[ My Dad Shot Himself When He Came Home Drunk From The Bar ]
[ @ Least He Didn’t Kill Anybody With His Car ]
[ The Walk Home Was Not Very Far ]

[ Not Far Enough To Sober Up ]
[ I Wish The Bar Would Has Given My Dad A Full Coffee Cup ]

[ That’s One Of The Reasons Why Alcohol Has No Place In My Life ]
[ I’m So Thankful I Have A Like-Minded Thinking Wife ]
[ Alcohol Caused No Strife ]

[ I’ve Celebrated With Alcohol Once In The Last 34 Years ]
[ Getting Hooked & Addicted Brings Me No Fears ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Pushes People To Tears ]

[ Alcohol Alcohol, It’s Not For Me ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Is Not Something That I Will Be ]
[ If I Was Ever Doubted ]
[ I Would Say (LOOK @ MY PAST HISTORY) ]

[ Are You Always Able ]
[ To Push Your Chair Away From The Table? ]

[ If Others Were Drinking ]
[ Would That Cause You To Start Thinking? ]

[ Thinking About Which Way To Go? ]
[ Are You Confident About Being Strong? ]
[ Would You Ever Know ]
[ What Would Happen If You Were Wrong? ]

[ Would You Have Any Kind Of A Plan? ]
[ Do You Remember The Last Time That This Happened? ]
[ You Ran ]

[ You Would Hope So ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(257)▪︎[ Only The Lonely … 1•22•2023 ]

[ How Does Someone Deal With The Loneliness? ]
[ A Bit Of The Onliness ]
[ Because You Want A Little Of The Only ]
[ Be A Little Bit Less ]

[ Do You Push Aside ]
[ Your Pride? ]
[ So Your Emotions Are Not Taken On An Up & Down Ride? ]

[ Are You Checked On? ]
[ Maybe Twice ]
[ Does It Feel Wrong ]
[ Well, It Didn’t Feel Nice ]

[ But They All Gathered & Made Themselves A Team ]
[ That Sounds So Special ]
[ Kind Of Like A Dream ]
[ But One That Was Rational ]

[ Oh, Everybody Came Together In Harmony ]
[ You Almost Expected Some Kind Of Home Made Remedy ]

[ It Could All Have Their Own Part ]
[ & Express The Happy Feelings That Come From The Heart ]

[ Now They’re Having A Laugh A Minute ]
[ You Just Guess That Your Heart Isn’t In It ]

[ They’re Right, You Could Have Come In There @ Any Time ]
[ You Feel It’s Much More Important To Write Another Rhyme ]

[ Do You Join In Or Stand Back? ]
[ Feeling Wanted Is What This Lacks ]

[ You Just Have Too Thin ]
[ Of Skin ]
[ Where’s The Vodka ]
[ Where’s The Gin? ]
[ Oh, There’s The Tequila ]
[ Let The Drinking Begin! ]

[ Pass The Lemon, Give Me The Lime ]
[ When She Hands You The Cuervo Gold ]
[ It Is Drinking Time ]
[ Until Someone Gets Knocked Out Cold ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(218)▪︎[ Not Like A Fence … 2•4•2023 ]

[ You Guess, In Some People’s Eyes ]
[ You May Not Be Too Wise ]
[ One Thing That You Won’t Do ]
[ Is Tell, Alot Of Lies ]

[ Or Maybe, You Could Act Dense ]
[ So Most Things Will Not Make You Feel Tense ]
[ During Those Times You Could Ask For Clarity From Your Neighbor ]
[ Who Lives With His Family In A Couple Of Tents ]

[ Take Commercials For Example ]
[ To Make Sense Of It All ]
[ You Would Need So Many Samples ]
[ They Would Be, Wall To Wall ]

[ To Try ]
[ So, When They Come By ]
[ Looking For Your Opinion ]
[ You Will Not Lie ]

[ or ]

[ Try To Figure Out ]
[ What They’re Talking About ]

[ Do All Of Them Make Sense To You? ]
[ Should You Be Looking For Some Kind Of A Clue? ]
[ If You Find One ]
[ Then What Do You Do? ]

[ Do You Go Out & Buy? ]
[ Everything That You Tried? ]
[ If You Do, Why? ]

[ All Of Your Hard Earned Money Would Go Up In Smoke ]
[ That Would Leave You Standing On The Corner ]
[ Totally Broke ]

[ You Could Think (WELL, DAMN) ]
[ (THAT WAS NOT A VERY GOOD PLAN!) ]

[ You Wouldn’t Feel Like It Was A Loss ]
[ If That Idea Was On The Chopping Block? ]
[ & Then Given A Toss ]

[ Surely, You Could Find Something Better ]
[ Oh, Now You Are Looking For That Letter ]

[ That Could Possibly Change Everything ]
[ That Would Help Explain ]
[ How Santa Knows Exactly What To Bring? ]
[ If You Were To Read It, Don’t Complain ]

[ Not A Number Too Few ]
[ Not A Number More ]
[ All Of The Presents Were Bought Brand New ]
[ From The Local Store ]

[ How Do You Come Up With A Plan That Makes Sense? ]
[ It Is Not Like Your Mind Has A Swinging Gate ]
[ Like On A Fence ]
[ Where You Don’t Have To Wait ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(001)▪︎[ The New Year … 1•1•2023 ]

[ Today Is The 1st Day Of This New Year ]
[ Who Knows In Which Direction ]
[ That Fate Will Steer ]

[ Will It Be South, East, West, Or North? ]
[ Either Way, You Are Told To Go Forth ]

[ & Prosper? ]
[ To Act Proper? ]

[ Then Do What? ]
[ Undercut? ]
[ Kiss Alot Of Butt? ]

[ From All That You Know ]
[ You Do Not Think So ]

[ Do You Have Places To Go & People To See? ]
[ You Know That It Is Getting Cold Outside ]
[ You Were Told As Such, By Your Knee ]

[ Everytime It Is Going To Rain, Your Right Leg Doesn’t Want
To Walk ]
[ When It Is Cold Outside That Is When Your Knee Will Talk ]

[ Starting The New Year Out With Your Knee Hurting ]
[ When Your Knee Hurts, You Are Not Good @ Diverting ]

[ Why Would People Come To See You When It Is Cold? ]
[ Whenever Your Knee Hampers You ]
[ You Start To Act Really Old ]

[ You Almost Have To Use A Cane ]
[ Needing Assistance To Walk Is Something You Disdain ]

[ Maybe You Should Live In A Warmer State ]
[ In That Case ]
[ You Could Narrow Your List To Less Than (8) ]

[ You Probably Should Have Rehab’d It More ]
[ You Should Have Gone The Full (10) ]
[ Instead Of Just (4) ]

[ Now When The Weather Becomes Colder ]
[ You Start To Feel So Much Older ]

[ You Cannot Do Anything About It Now ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [🤙]

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(002)▪︎[ So Goes The Year … 1•2•2023 ]

[ The Year Kind Of Started With A (THUD) ]
[ How Come It Feels Like You Are Walking In Mud? ]
[ & Someone Is Constantly ]
[ Giving Your Right Ear A Tug? ]

[ You Need To Lift Your Leg Up When You Step ]
[ The #1 Thing On Your List ]
[ You Kind Of Wish That You Had Overslept ]
[ When You Have A Day Like This ]

[ You’re Trying To Face This Day, Head On ]
[ But Twice In (2) Mornings ]
[ You Found Yourself Waking Up On The Front Lawn ]

[ You Ask Around, But Nobody Knows ]
[ You Tried To Throw A Barbecue ]
[ But Nobody Shows ]

[ So Goes The New Year ]
[ You Hope Not ]
[ You Feel Like Grabbing Another Barqs Root Beer ]

[ You Are Able To Drink It In (4) Swallows ]
[ Now You Need Something Solid To Eat ]
[ Not Anything Hollow ]

[ If You Want Hot Wings ]
[ You Call The Blue Hollow ]
[ They Have Burgers & All Kinds Of Different Things ]

[ Is There A Magic Way ]
[ That You Could Try ]
[ To Actually Save This Day? ]

[ Maybe? ]
[ Or Maybe Not ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [🤙]

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(203)▪︎[ Here She Is … 2•25•2023 ]

[ Here She Comes, With A Little Wiggle In Her Walk ]
[ All I Want Is For Her To Stop ]
[ What She’s Doing ]
[ & Stand There With Me & Talk ]

[ So She Stands & Blinks Her Eyes ]
[ I Feel Like ]
[ One Of The Lucky Guys ]

[ As I Stand There & Stare Into Those Blues ]
[ I Faintly Hear That Her Name Is Sue ]

[ I Really Want To Know The Name Of The Perfume That
She Used ]
[ But If She Thought That Was A Stupid Question ]
[ My Ego Will Be Bruised ]

[ So I Thought (OH WHAT THE HECK) ]
[ (I JUST HAVE TO CHECK) ]

[ I Thought That This Would Be The Most Simplistic Question That I Would Have For The Day ]
[ But She Said That She Wouldn’t Say ]
[ So I Thought That Was My Clue ]
[ To Say (OKAY) ]
[ & Walk Away ]

[ As I Walked South ]
[ I Turned & Looked Over My Shoulder ]
[ & She Was Standing There With An Open Mouth ]

[ Wondering (WHAT JUST HAPPENED?) ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [🤙]

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(214)▪︎[ Do Not Touch … 3•1•2023 ]

[ Does Everyone Need The Human Touch? ]
[ Some Need Alot ]
[ But For Some ]
[ Not So Much ]

[ There Are Alot Of People Who Has Ice In Their Veins ]
[ & That’s Not The Result Of Snorting Or Smoking
Crack Cocaine ]

[ Not Everyone That Has Experimented With Drugs ]
[ Feel Like Their Skin Is Crawling With Bugs ]
[ Some Just Need One Or (2) Hugs ]

[ You Have To See ]
[ That Everyone Can Be Different ]
[ @ Least To Some Degree ]

[ Even Identical Twins Can Be Different In Some Things ]
[ One Could Play The Guitar ]
[ But The Other One Sings ]

[ The One Can Play An Assortment ]
[ Of Instruments ]

[ The Other One Sounds Like Angel’s Singing ]
[ Hoping Some Day In The Future ]
[ He Could Be Blinging ]

[ Because Of His Skill ]
[ But He Might Not Look The Part ]
[ You Say, That What He Says, Is Real ]

[ Some People Do Not Want To Be Touched @ All ]
[ They Do Not Like To People ]
[ So You Are Better Off Giving Them A Call ]

[ Some Were Born This Way ]
[ Some Got That Way Because Of Abuse ]
[ @ Least That Is What Some People Say ]

[ Sometimes Touching Someone Can Be Misunderstood ]
[ & That Is Not Good ]

[ If You Accidentally Touch A Stranger ]
[ In A Park ]
[ She Will Call The Police ]
[ Or Get Park Ranger ]

[ No One Believes The Man After A Woman Has Made An Accusation ]
[ They Never Let The Man Talk ]
[ Or Explain A Situation ]

[ Touch Can Be One Of The Strangest Of The (5) Senses ]
[ It Could Be So Misconstrued ]
[ People Would Put Up Fences ]
[ & Then They Get Rude ]
[ & Offensive ]

[ So No Your Role ]
[ Before You Touch A Soul! ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [🤙]

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(183)▪︎[ @ Least By Nine … 2•22•2023 ]

[ Well Isn’t That Just Great ]
[ I Just Did Something That I Hate ]

[ I Just Hurt ]
[ Someone That Is So Important To Me ]
[ With My Written Words ]

[ My Words Usually Sing Out & Ring The Bell ]
[ But It Has Been Made Abundantly Clear ]
[ That My Message Went To Hell ]

[ Hurt Towards You, Should Never Have Been There ]
[ What I Was Attempting To Say & Share ]
[ Is How Much I Miss You & Care ]

[ You Used To Be Here @ Least Two Days A Week, Sometimes More ]
[ I Would Get SO Excited When I Heard Your Soft Knock On My Door ]

[ Then I Knew You Were All Mine ]
[ Into The Night ]
[ Until @ Least Nine ]

[ But … Now You Are Not Here ]
[ & That Causes A Tear ]

[ & Then Another One ]
[ & Another One ]
[ I Find That Doing This Is Not Very Fun! ]

[ I Would Much Rather Give You A Big Long Hug ]
[ Then To Pull Your Heart Out ]
[ To Give It A Tug ]

[ Hurting You Is/Has/Was/Never On My Mind ]
[ When It Comes To You, Cavarona ]
[ I Am Not That Kind ]

[ Of Person Or Friend ]
[ I’ll Feel That Way To The Very End! ]

[ & I Will So Fight ]
[ For That Conclusion ]
[ To Not Be Anywhere In My Sight! ]
[ Especially After This Discussion ]
[ It Will Not Be Tonight! ]

[ You Are The Cavarona, Clear To The Bone ]
[ That Is Shown ]
[ As Well As It’s Known ]

[ Whenever You Take A Trip To The Beach Like You Will & Do ]
[ You Can Look @ That Bag With The Lousy Emblem ]
[ & Know That I Was Thinking Of You When I Bought That For
You ]

[ You Are So Missed ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(173)▪︎[ Poor Dan … 2•20•2023 ]

[ If Dan Is The Enemy, Of Your Enemy ]
[ That Does Not Make Greg, Or Dan Your Friend ]
[ Dan Had Never Been Friendly ]
[ So The Disdain For Greg & Dan Will Never End ]

[ One Night Dan Tried To Pick-Up Your Wife ]
[ That Was The Time He Saw Kathy Out With Some Friends, In A Bar, So
He Went Over To Offer Her A Drink ]
[ When She Quickly Turned Him Down, He Shouted That He Would Ruin Her Life ]

[ When Going To The Parking Lot Of The Bar ]
[ Kathy Noticed That Someone Had Stolen Her Car ]

[ The Next Morning, The Bumbling Police Found It ]
[ Abandoned Down By The River ]
[ Someone Made The White Mercedes Look Like Shit ]
[ By Trying To Paint It Silver ]

[ Dan Became Your Enemy About (5) Years Prior ]
[ He Had You Arrested ]
[ By Accusing You Of Setting All Of Those Forrest Fires ]

[ Those Fire Investigators Got Way Out Of Hand ]
[ They Were Looking For Someone, Anyone, To Blame ]
[ You Were Never Involved With Burning Those Thousands Of Acres Of Land ]

[ You Were Not Even In The Country During That Whole Fire Season ]
[ You Do Not Even Know Why They Were Framing You ]
[ Because They Had Never Stated A Reason ]

[ Then The Trial That They Put You Through, Was A Total Sham ]
[ It Seemed Like They Gave Your Public Defender Your Case, So Close To The Trial Date ]
[ Then He Had To Cram ]
[ That Is Not A Good Way, To Fight The State ]

[ After The Judge ]
[ Handed Down The (12) Year Sentence ]
[ You Have Held A Grudge ]
[ & Now, You Have No Patience ]

[ Kathy Hired An ‘A’ Team Of Lawyers, To Handle Your Case ]
[ Those Lawyers Were Very Thorough ]
[ They Never Made Or Said Anything In Haste ]

[ (4) Years Went By Before They Found A Judge That Would Listen To Your Legal Team ]
[ He Was Fair & Listened From In The Middle ]
[ There Was Never A Side Where He Leaned ]

[ When You Got That Call About The Judges Decision, How Did You Feel? ]
[ @ First, You Did Not Think That The Call Was Real? ]

[ You Thought That It Was From Someone Who Was Playing A Bad Joke ]
[ It Had To Come From Someone Who Figured That You Were The Sleeping Bear ]
[ That They Wanted To Poke ]

[ Some People Thought That Kathy Was Crazy For Standing By Your Side ]
[ She Never Could Have Been Prepared For Such A Bumpy Ride ]
[ She Told You That She Was Not Giving Up ]
[ So She Never Lied ]

[ When You Got Out, Dan Was Scared To Death ]
[ One Time He Got So Worried ]
[ He Called (911) Because He Felt Sudden Pain In His Chest ]
[ When The EMT’s Arrived, Dan Was Mad, He Wanted Them To Hurry ]

[ The Doctors Wouldn’t Work With Dan Because He Was Acting Like A Tweaker ]
[ People Go To The E.D. For A Variety Of Reasons ]
[ But The Doctors Felt That He Was A (MED SEEKER) ]

[ Now That You Are Completely Free, What Do You Want To Do? ]
[ Or Is That Only For You (2)? ]
[ Is There Room For A Friend Like Me, Too? ]

[ Months Later Dan Showed Up, On The Ground, In A Parking
Lot ]
[ Everyone In Town Agreed That He Deserved What He Got ]

[ You Were Out Of Town Before, During & Right After ]
[ Kathy Called You To Share The News ]
[ & The Laughter ]

[ The Service For Dan ]
[ Had Only One Extremely Old & Frail Man ]

[ He Put A Flower On Top Of The Casket ]
[ So It Will Sit There As Everything Was Set ]

[ The Flower He Chose ]
[ Was A Wilted Black Rose ]

[ Everyone In Town Hopes That Wasn’t A Curse ]
[ After All Is Said & Done ]
[ They Saw That Old Man Drive Away In A 1947 Black Hearse ]
[ The Next Sunday … Everyone In The Town Was In Church ]

[ The Police Never Solved Dan’s Murder ]
[ Word Has It, They Are Missing The Whole Folder ]

______________________

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(025)▪︎[ Complicated World … 1•16•2023 ]

[ It Is Such A Complicated World Outside Of Your Door ]
[ So Much So ]
[ It Does Not Seem Safe To Go Out There Anymore ]

[ You Have Heard That It Is A Requirement All Throughout Town ]
[ You Cannot Address Anyone ]
[ Unless You Know Their Appropriate Pro-Nouns ]

[ All Of That Sounds Confusing From The 1st Letter ]
[ You Kind Of Wish Someone Could Explain It Better ]

[ The Last Thing That You Want To Do Is Offend Someone ]
[ No, Not Anyone ]

[ You Made That Mistake Once & You Felt Bad ]
[ The Non-Binary Corrected You Nicely ]
[ & You Were Glad ]

[ You Guess They Could Have Been Rude ]
[ From What You Can Conclude ]

[ They Probably Run Into That Alot ]
[ You Wouldn’t Envy Being Put On That Spot ]

[ You Thought That You Had Heard That There Might Be A New
Currency ]
[ The Currency Was Called Bitcoin ]
[ But You Heard That The Bottom Fell Out Recently ]

[ You Guess That The New Does Not Always Cancel The Old ]
[ Covering Up With A Blanket ]
[ Does Not Always Work When Someone Is Cold ]

[ Are The New Electrical Cars Better Than Ones That Run On
Gas? ]
[ What Is Next? ]
[ Cars That Run On Cut Grass? ]

[ The Whole World Seems To Be Upside Down ]
[ People Are Moving To The Country ]
[ Away From Downtown ]

[ Up Is Down & Down Is Up ]
[ Are Plates Going To Replace A Cup? ]

[ Just Wait, News & Film @ (2300)hrs ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [🤙]

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