(353)▪︎[ What A Strange Diet … 2024 ]

[ You Wish, That You Would Not Always See A Frown ]
[ Maybe A Big Thumbs Up & A Smile ]
[ Okay, Or A Thumbs Down ]
[ Could You Get Some Kind Of Emotion, That Would Satisfy You, For Awhile? ]

[ A Thumbs Down, Would Still Be, An Emotional Form ]
[ It Does Leave Your Heart ]
[ A Tiny Bit Warm ]
[ You Hope That It Is Not That Kind Of Conversation That Will Start ]

[ There Could Be Alot Of Conversation Between A Thumbs Down Or A Thumbs Up ]
[ There Is A Big Difference Between A Plate & A Cup ]

[ The Cup Could Hold Hot Chocolate With (6) Small Marshmallows ]
[ A Plate Could Hold Breakfast Or Dinner ]
[ A Cup Could Be Deep Or Shallow ]
[ A Plate Could Be Thick Or Thinner ]

[ It All Depends On The Style ]
[ Or The Brand ]
[ A Meal Might Take Awhile ]
[ To Make If It Is All It, Is Not Poured Out Of A Can ]

[ Cold ]
[ Or Hot ]
[ Is Your Food Old ]
[ Or Not ]
[ Are The Flavors Bland Or Bold ]
[ It All Matters With What You’ve Got ]

[ Some People That Have All Of The Money ]
[ Only Allow Themselves To Eat ]
[ Stale Bread With Honey ]
[ But No Meat ]

[ That Is When Door-Dash Comes To The Rescue ]
[ But Not Everything ]
[ Is On The Door-Dash Menu ]

[ Most Restaurants In Salem Have Their Menu Available That You Could Order From ]
[ There Are Still A Few That Don’t ]
[ From A Financial Point Of View, You Would Have To Say (THAT IS PRETTY DUMB) ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

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(435)▪︎[ Oh, That Silly Humpty … 2024 ]

[ While Humpty Dumpty, Was Sitting On A Wall Of Brick ]
[ He Said That His Shell Would Not Break, If He Were To Fall ]
[ Because His Shell Was Way Too Thick ]
[ But When He Fell & Was Wrong, He Couldn’t Come Up With A Number To Call ]

[ So As His Egg Was Slowly Spilling Out Into The Street ]
[ He Thought That He Was Kind Of Hungry ]
[ But He Couldn’t Think Of A Single Place To Eat ]

[ He Thought That If He Could Only Make It To His Car ]
[ He Knew Of A Place That Served Great Food ]
[ Once He Made It To The Bar ]
[ Would The Large Crack In His Shell Be Misunderstood? ]
[ Well, It Could ]
[ & It Should ]

[ Be ]
[ But What If He Were To Wear ]
[ A Baseball Cap, So Nobody Could See ]
[ The Crack Under There ]
[ Or Really Care ]

[ But It Has Been Made Perfectly Clear ]
[ Nobody Cares About Anybody ]
[ Except The Person That They Always See In Their Mirror ]

[ Not A Child ]
[ Not A Spouse ]
[ The Thinking Is So Skewed & Wild ]
[ People Do Not Care For Anybody In Their House ]

[ The ‘VID’19 Did That To Everyone ]
[ You Were Taught That If A Stranger Got To Be Less Than 6′ From You ]
[ You Needed To Take Off & Run ]
[ Because If A Person Had The ‘VID’19, They Did Not Show A Clue ]
[ Life Is No Fun ]
[ Going Through Your Whole Day, Not Seeing A Single Social Cue ]

[ Emotions Were Hid ]
[ Feelings Were, Too ]
[ That Is Just What You Did ]
[ That Was What Children Were Taught To Do ]
[ Too ]

[ Nobody Would Smile ]
[ All You Could See, Was Their Hollow Eyes ]
[ Nobody Stood & Talked For Awile ]
[ When They Did, It Would All Be A Bunch Of Lies ]

[ You Would Never Disclose That Already ]
[ (11) People Have Died In Your Extended Family ]
[ You Don’t Want Sympathy ]
[ Nobody Does ]
[ You Don’t Want Any Kind Of Empathy ]
[ That Is Said To You, Just Because ]

[ Sometimes That Just Feels Like Someone Is Just Giving You The Dreaded Feeling, Pity ]
[ Sometimes That Can Leave You Feeling Kind Of Shitty ]
[ But When You Are The Only Person Left Standing In The City ]

[ What Do You Do Or Say? ]
[ Today? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(342)▪︎[ The Next Text … 2024 ]

[ Sometimes It Is Not As Obvious As The Nose On Your Face ]
[ Of Whether Or Not You Took Your Pills Last Night ]
[ When Your Head Was In A Much Better Space ]

[ When Lines Are Supposed To Remain Completely Straight ]
[ Withought So Much Of The Slightest Bend ]
[ As Far As The Eye Can See Past The Only Swinging Gate ]

[ Does The Gate Swing Both Ways, Or Only Out? ]
[ Do You Get Credit For Time Served? ]
[ Or Only During The Time When You Were Completely Free Of All Doubt? ]

[ Whatever Made You Tick A Year Ago ]
[ Might Not Even Cause You To Slow Down ]
[ You Know ]

[ Or Halt ]
[ You Do Remember Learning That You Must Keep Moving ]
[ Or You Run The Risk Of Becoming An Outline In Chalk ]

[ Small Strides, Like Sherpa Steps ]
[ First The Right ]
[ Then You Move To Your Left ]
[ It Takes Alot Longer Than A Year Of Cooking School To Say That You Are Now A Chef ]

[ You Must Learn How To Gradually Boil Water ]
[ First You Almost Fill A Pot Or Pan ]
[ Then Wait Until It Gets Hotter ]

[ Maybe You Are The Type To Watch For The Churning Bubbles On The Bottom & The Sides Of The Pot ]
[ The Water Is Really Starting To Heat Up ]
[ When The Bubbles Are Easy To Spot ]

[ What Do You Do Next ]
[ Maybe You Will Want To Ask That In A Text ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(255)▪︎[ Shaking Hands & Thoughts … 2024 ]

[ She Had Shaking Hands ]
[ But, He Had A Trembling Heart ]
[ When She Starled Making Demannds ]
[ That Is When, It All Fell Apart ]

[ If You Ever Made It, To The Mountain Top ]
[ What Would You See? ]
[ Would It Cause You To Drop ]
[ Everything, But The Macaroni & Cheese? ]

[ Whatever You Were Holding ]
[ Before ]
[ You Thought That You Were About To Get A Scolding ]
[ So You Ran To The Exit Door ]

[ Because, You Would Not ]
[ Have Thought ]

[ That Would Be Correct ]
[ Especially, If You Thought That You Would Not Be Able To Connect ]

[ Connecting, Would Be Hard To Do ]
[ With The Man Who Knew ]
[ That He Had On One Remaining Dark Blue ]
[ Shoe ]

[ Because, For A Minute There ]
[ He Really, Did Not Care ]
[ That You Dropped Some Food When Your Head Hit That Rare ]
[ Thin Air ]

[ When You Decidecd To Wear That Cologne, Called, “Joop” ]
[ You Did Not Care, If It Threw Everybody’s Senses ]
[ For A Loop ]

[ Once Everyone Regained, Their Sense Of Smell ]
[ The Day, Went Fairly Well ]
[ After The Main Guide Fell ]
[ Your First Thought, Was That Your Whole Trip, Was Shot To Hell ]

[ @ Least You Had Everyone Commit ]
[ That They Would Remain Fit ]
[ Even If The Main Group Thought That The Whole Trip ]
[ Was Sure To Be Shot To Shit ]

[ But Could They, Go On ]
[ Even Though The Self-Confidence ]
[ Of The Whole Group Is Gone? ]

[ Went Right Off Of The Mountains Edge ]
[ After Checking On Everyone That Is Playing On The App “Zedge” ]

[ Now, Time Is Flying By, In The Land Of The Yellow & Green ]
[ Hoping That They Won’t Be Mean ]
[ Or Seen ]
[ Eating, That Big, Brown, Coffee Bean ]

[ But ½ Of The Group, Does Not Have Anymore Roots ]
[ On The Ground ]
[ Because, Their Black Boots ]
[ Cannot Be Found ]

[ But If They Could Only Know, What Was Next ]
[ They Would Not Sound So Vexed ]
[ While Reading Your Last Text ]

[ Then She Remembered Somethin’ )
[ She Thinks That She Left The Bath Water Runnin’ ]

[ She Feels Like She Has To Feel ]
[ When She Feels Like She Feels ]
[ But If She Doesn’t Like The Deal ]
[ How Is She Going To Be With Someone That Steals? ]

[ Could She Handle The Wrath ]
[ Of Someone Who Cannot Watch ]
[ The One That Cannot Stay On The Path ]
[ & It Turns Out, That He Is The One That Has A Hole In His Crotch ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(265)▪︎[ Looks Go Away … 2024 ]

[ Your Legs Feel Heavy, Because Both Of Your Feet Hurt ]
[ This Is The Last Time ]
[ That You Would Have To Give Up Your Shirt ]

[ When You Have Been Suckered By Some Of The Best ]
[ You Were Always Ready To Face Most Of The Rest ]
[ You Could Always Feel The Energy Coming Off Of Your Chest ]
[ You Flick Each One To The Side Like They Were A Flying Pest ]

[ Somewhere Down The Lìne ]
[ Some People Started Thinking That They Could Help Themselves ]
[ That Was Bad Sign ]
[ For Everyone Else ]

[ People Need To Remember That “Yours Is Not Mine & What Is Mine Is Not Yours!” ]
[ When People Come Through Your Front Door ]
[ They Think That It Is Another One Of Those Free For All (7-11) Stores ]

[ Where Nothing Costs A Dollar Or (2) ]
[ Everything Looks Used ]
[ Nothing Feels Brand New ]

[ You Feel Weak, But What’s Wrong … ]
[ With That? ]
[ Must You Always Be Feeling Strong? ]
[ Look Rail Thin, With Zero Fat ]

[ Is That The Typical Person In Todays Day & Age? ]
[ Isn’t The Typical Person Out Of Shape ]
[ & Full Of Rage? ]

[ Because Of The Jerks ]
[ That Has All These Coffee Quirks ]
[ That They Have To Deal With @ Their Work ]

[ Through The Line Of Gossip ]
[ Everyone Thinks That It Is Really Hip ]
[ To Get Weekly Collagen Shots Into Their Lips ]

[ Making Them Swell ]
[ & Leaving The Woman Not Feeling Very Well ]

[ They Feel That A Little Discomfort, Is The Price For Looking Good ]
[ That Seems To Be What Is Understood ]
[ In Their Neighborhood ]

[ Then With A Sneeze , & A Cough ]
[ Eventually Looks Can Wear Off ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(271)▪︎[ The Hero … 2024 ]

[ Hero’s Never Die But They Never Make It To The Finish Line ]
[ They Are Not A Hero ]
[ Becaùse They Have Hundreds Of Medals That Shine ]

[ They Are A Hero Because Of What They Say & Do ]
[ They Are A Hero Because What They Represent To You ]
[ They Can Be A Hero Because They Never Look For Any Monetary Reward That Others Feel That They Are Due ]

[ Hero’s Are A Rare Rare Breed ]
[ They Don’t Ever Go Into Pot Shops To Get Weed ]
[ They Never Feel The Urge To Grow Marijuana By Buying Seed ]

[ A Hero’s Lìfe Is Not Always Their Own ]
[ Quite Often They Have To Share It With About (25) Other People ]
[ When They Want To Buy A Chocolate Ice Cream Cone ]

[ But The Cost Never Gets Shared ]
[ A Hero Never Looks For A Handout ]
[ They Have Never Dared ]

[ It Is Not That They Couldn’t ]
[ It Is A Matter Of Wouldn’t ]
[ Or Shouldn’t ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

Aloha

|| ~ ||

(272)▪︎[ It Never Helps … 2024 ]

[ Everyone Grieves In Their Own Special Ways ]
[ It Could Take Years Or Just A Couple Of Days ]
[ Alot Of People Leave ]
[ Very Few Stay ]

[ For Someone To Believe ]
[ That They Would Receive ]

[ Some Relief ]
[ No Matter How Brief ]
[ They Would Have To Have Some Form Of Belief ]

[ Believing In Something That You Can’t Touch ]
[ Is Tough ]

[ Blind Faith Is What Some People Call It ]
[ It Is Not Always A Hit ]
[ Some People Call It All Bullshit ]

[ If There Is Proof That Can Be Touched, Is One Thing ]
[ Some People Do Not Believe The Healing That Religion Can Bring ]
[ Is It All Held Together By String? ]

[ Does Religion Ever Work? ]
[ Or Is It Preached By A Jerk ]
[ With Kinky Quirks? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(272)▪︎[ It Never Helps … 2024 ]

[ Everyone Grieves In Their Own Special Ways ]
[ It Could Take Years Or Just A Couple Of Days ]
[ Alot Of People Leave ]
[ Very Few Stay ]

[ For Someone To Believe ]
[ That They Would Receive ]

[ Some Relief ]
[ No Matter How Brief ]
[ They Would Have To Have Some Form Of Belief ]

[ Believing In Something That You Can’t Touch ]
[ Is Tough ]

[ Blind Faith Is What Some People Call It ]
[ It Is Not Always A Hit ]
[ Some People Call It All Bullshit ]

[ Having Proof That Can Be Touched, Is One Thing ]
[ Some People Do Not Believe The Healing That Religion Can Bring ]
[ Is It All Held Together By String? ]

[ Does Religion Ever Work? ]
[ Or Is It Preached By A Jerk ]
[ With Kinky Quirks? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

▪︎ •• •• ▪︎

(356)▪︎[ What Smells Rotten? … 2024 ]

[ You Pay In Time ]
[ You Pay In Grit ]
[ Whenever Something Costs You A Dime ]
[ You End Up Hating Every Bit ]

[ You Pay In Dedication ]
[ You Grind It Out To Get Your Medication ]
[ All You Come Out With Was ]
[ The Feeling Of Aggravation ]

[ Don’t You Have A Trusting Face? ]
[ You Know That You Are Not A Darling Person To Look @ ]
[ Like A Pink, Pretty Bow, Made Of Lace ]
[ Or A Big Buddha, Which Is Bald & Fat ]

[ It Looks Like You Are Settling ]
[ It’s Going To Upset Those That Are Betting ]
[ Soon, Yes Really Soon, That Same Section, Will Be Sweating ]

[ Sweating Up A Storm ]
[ Making The Back Of The Shirt, All Wet ]
[ This Would Not Be The Norm ]
[ You Would Bet ]

[ It Is A Dog Eat Dog World Out There Beyond, The Front Door ]
[ Give An Ass An Inch ]
[ They Will Try To Take (5) More ]

[ Just So They Can Walk Away Bragging That They Took ½ A Foot From Right Under Your Nose ]
[ Those ]
[ Are The Type Of Person That You Would Want To Beat With A Garden Hose ]

[ & Then, To Show Them That They Stepped On Your Last Nerve ]
[ You Give Them A Whole New Proverb ]
[ When You Go Around A Blind Curve ]
[ You Kick Them To The Curb ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(549)▪︎[ Another Day … 2024 ]

[ She Came Into Your Life Like A Flash ]
[ Her Love Could Not Be Bought With Cash ]
[ Now Your Heart Is Just A Pile Of Ash ]

[ That Pile Is All You Have Remaining Of The Time You (2) Were Together ]
[ Her Moods Changed As Fast As The Oregon Weather ]

[ Sometimes It Rained ]
[ When She Got Angry & Hostile ]
[ What Did She Gain? ]
[ For Awhile? ]
[ Then She Would Refrain ]
[ From Giving You A Smile ]

[ Those Times Did Neither One Of Us A Bit Of Good, She Would Say ]
[ If It Was @ A Job ]
[ She Wouldn’t Have Earned Any Pay ]

[ But It Wasn’t, So You Could ]
[ Even If You Couldn’t ]
[ You Would ]

[ They’d Say, “Sorry, Mike” ]
[ “This Is Not The Best Way” ]
[ “To Earn Your Pay” ]
[ It Seemed Like That Night After Night ]
[ & Day After Day ]

[ You Were Concerned About How Does One Learn To Touch? ]
[ Not Too Little ]
[ Or Not Too Much? ]

[ How Does One Find The Balance Between The (2)? ]
[ You Could Throw A Shoe ]
[ But Wouldn’t That Be The Wrong Thing To Do? ]
[ Says, “She?” ]
[ Says Who? ]

[ But It Wouldn’t Be Hard ]
[ To Use The “UNO Reverse” Card ]

[ What Would That Mean ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things? ]

[ Would It Mean Having A Clear Path? ]
[ In The Subject Of Math? ]
[ Or Being Given A Shield ]
[ From The Next Woman’s Wrath? ]

[ Would That Wrath Be Not Needed Or Unwanted? ]
[ So You Will Be Undaunted? ]

[ In The Face Of Evil ]
[ Trying To Stay Civil ]

[ Maybe, The Best Thing Would Be To Just Walk Away ]
[ Then See If It Really Mattered ]
[ When The Next Woman Chooses To Stay ]
[ Because You Don’t Like Feeling Battered ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe