(351)▪︎[ If They Can, They Will Go Far … 2024 ]

[ What Is Always @ The End Of The Words “Love/Hate?” ]
[ What Separates Heaven From Hell ? ]
[ It Is A Large Swinging Gate ]
[ That Could Possibly Tell ]
[ You, If You Are, Or Are You Not, Doing So Well ]

[ Some People Think, That The Distance Between The (2) ]
[ Is Clear Across Town ]
[ It Might Surprise You ]
[ But Hell Is Just One Floor Down ]

[ Of Course Heaven Is On Top ]
[ & Hell Is Down Below ]
[ Of Course, The Air Conditioner Up In Heaven Has More Pop ]
[ The Conditioner Down In Hell Has Always Been On “Stop” ]

[ GOD Alone, Is The Judge Of Our Souls ]
[ He Promises, Among Other Things, Compassion ]
[ His Followers Will Always Hand Out Butter, For your Rolls ]
[ Because Good Service, Is Always In Fashion ]

[ Fashion Has Always Been A Personal Choice ]
[ Do They Make The Decision ]
[ By Using Their Voice? ]

[ Is It All Different As They All Are ]
[ The Colors Of A Car ]
[ Where Can They Go ]
[ Well, They Can’t Go Very Far ]

[ Without Manpower Behind Them ]
[ Not Having The Power ]
[ Is The Problem ]

[ Big Or Small? ]
[ Thick Or Tall? ]

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|| Ka hopena ||

|| Mahalo E Ka hoa ||
|| A hui hou ||
|| Aloha ||

|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||

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(171)▪︎[ Which Way … 2026 ]

[ All These Words Are Swirling Around In Your Head ]
[ It Is Hard To Admit That You Feel ]
[ Throughout The Last (30yrs) You’ve Been Mislead ]
[ & Now You Have No Idea What Is Fake & What Is Real ]

[ You Thought That You Started Out On A Journey On A Ship That Was Built For (2) ]
[ As You Look Back Over The Years For Some Kind Of Clue ]
[ You Couldn’t Find A Single One ]
[ That Would Have Warned You About What She Now Wants To Put This Relationship Through ]
[ Because Right Now, This Is Not Very Fun ]

[ It Almost Brought You To Tears ]
[ When She Yelled, “You Have Been Mooching Off Of Me For The Last (30yrs)!” ]
[ It Was Very Clear ]
[ That She Wanted To Play Off Of Your Fears ]

[ Of Being Dependent On Another ]
[ You Want A Wife, Partner & Friend ]
[ You Don’t Want A Mother ]
[ Because She Has Long Since Been Dead ]

[ That Clearly Threw Your Night All Out Of Joint ]
[ You Knew She Was Lying ]
[ So What Was The Point ]
[ Of Crying? ]

[ Cry Over Spilled Milk, Maybe ]
[ What’s Next, Is She Going To Accuse You Of Being Lazy? ]
[ You Really Have To Hold Your Tongue ]
[ When You Want To Call Her, “Crazy!” ]

[ If She Wants To Play This Game, Than Bring It On ]
[ Maybe You Will Be Much Better Off When She Is Gone? ]

[ That Is A Good Question To Ask ]
[ It Seems Like It Was @ Least (5yrs) In The Past ]
[ When She Started Removing Her Mask ]

[ This Person That You Are Married To Now You Don’t Really Know ]
[ The True Revealing Part Sure Has Come About Really Slow ]
[ & Now What Does The (30yrs) Have To Show? ]

[ What Happened ]
[ When? ]
[ Way Back Then? ]

[ You No Longer Want To Wait ]
[ To Think About If You Want To Participate ]
[ In This New Game Of Hate ]

[ A Marriage That Is Only Focused On Money ]
[ Will Never Find The Land ]
[ That Flows With Milk & Honey ]

[ It Seems Like You Are Headed For Mental Numbness ]
[ You Don’t Know What To Do With This Mess ]
[ Are You Letting Out A Call Of Distress? ]

[ You No Longer Look @ This House As Your Happy Nest ]
[ It Is Not Like You Could Move Further West ]
[ To Try To Find Out What You Feel Is Best ]
[ Maybe You Should Live On Your Own For Awhile ]
[ So You Could Get Some Rest ]

[ Look @ All Of The Obvious Social Cue’s ]
[ You Don’t Like Being Anywhere Around Her While She Sits There Lighting Her Own Fuse ]
[ Because All She Wants To Do Is Point Her Finger & Accuse ]
[ After All These Years You Feel Like You Followed All The Rules ]

[ Is Divorce The Only Answer? ]
[ It Is Sad To Feel Like It Has Come To This ]
[ Because This Whole Marriage Is Becoming A Cancer ]
[ So What Will You Miss? ]

[ The Yelling, The False Accusations? ]
[ Whatever Happened To The Good Conversations? ]

[ The Good, Warm Conversations Went Out The Window ]
[ Many Years Ago ]
[ A Good Conversation Comes About As Frequently As Oregon Gets Snow ]

[ You No Longer Have Any Physical Connection ]
[ That Went Away Many Years Before The Recession ]

[ Gone For Good ]
[ Because That Is A Topic That She Doesn’t Like To Mention ]
[ The Words Only Get Misunderstood ]

[ Which Way Do Go Now? ]
[ How? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(352)▪︎[ Family Can Be A Negative Word … 2026 ]

[ As Far As You Are Concerned ]
[ Through All The Way Too Many Times That You’ve Been Burned ]
[ You Have Finally Learned ]

[ That What Will See You Through To The Very End ]
[ Won’t Be Family ]
[ It Will Be A Good, Close Friend ]

[ From What You Have Seen & Heard ]
[ “Family” Can Be A Negative Word ]

[ It Comes Close To Being One Of Those Bad (4) Letter Words That Most People Try To Refrain From Saying ]
[ Because Most People Lay Awake Praying ]

[ & Waiting ]
[ Trying To Get An Explaination About What Someone Is Stating ]

[ The Family That You Are Raised With Could Even Be A Curse ]
[ & The Worst ]

[ For You ]
[ Not Everyone Needs A Friend To Drop A Clue ]
[ From What You Have Experienced Through Your (63yrs) ]
[ That Part Is Very True ]

[ You Don’t Have To Be A Mind Reader Or Artistic ]
[ To See ]
[ That Your Biological Family ]
[ Can Be Downright Caustic ]

[ You Might Grow Up Wearing Rose Colored Glasses ]
[ That Could Be Why You Are Giving Those Asses ]
[ So Many Passes ]

[ Family Never ]
[ Lasts Forever ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(351)▪︎[ Life … 2026 ]

[ What Does Life Mean To You In Your Own Eyes? ]
[ Do You Walk Through Your Day Telling Lies ]
[ Or Wearing A Disguise? ]

[ Either Way You Are Not Telling Others The Truth ]
[ It Seems Like You Have Not Been Honest ]
[ Since Your Youth ]

[ What Are You Afraid Of? ]
[ A Bald Eagle ]
[ Or A Tiny White Dove? ]
[ Does Your Stomach Get Queazy ]
[ Everytime That You Feel Yourself Falling In Love? ]

[ Falling In Love Is A Huge Step ]
[ When Most People Are In The Midst Of Falling ]
[ They Start Confusing Their Right From Their Left ]

[ Stumbling ]
[ Fumbling ]
[ & Bumbling ]

[ Time Starts To Slow ]
[ Common Sense Flies Out The Window ]
[ But Before You Know ]
[ Someone Will Pop Up ]
[ & Sarcastically Say, “I Told You So!” ]

[ But … ]
[ They Told You What? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(245)▪︎[ The Sad Clown … 2025 ]

[ Have You Ever Wondered How Much Effort It Takes To Willingly Give ]
[ Someone A Smile? ]
[ That Seems Like That Would Be A Great Way To Live ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ It Will Take More Effort To Live With A Frown ]
[ Nobody Wants To Go Through Life ]
[ Walking Aimlessly Around With The Face Of A Sad Clown ]

[ Clowns Are Supposed To Put On A Happy Face ]
[ Nobody Wants To Always Be Down ]
[ Do They Have To Choose Between Leather Or Lace ]
[ When An Unhappy Clown Walks Around ]
[ People Probably Give Them Alot Of Space ]

[ Nobody Wants To Go Near ]
[ Them ]
[ For Fear ]
[ That A Simple Word Could Start A Big Problem ]

[ Would A Sad Clown Have A Short Fuse? ]
[ Are They Always Looking For Someone To Use? ]
[ When Things Start Going Downhill ]
[ Are They Always The One That Would Accuse? ]

[ Other People First? ]
[ They Start To Get This Unquenchable Thirst ]

[ To Always Be Right ]
[ Even When They Are Wrong ]
[ They Won’t Back Down From A Fight ]
[ Because The Desire Comes On So Strong ]

[ Nobody Is Right All Of The Time ]
[ They Don’t Feel ]
[ That Lying Is Not Even Close To Being A Crime ]
[ So Lying Has Never Been A Big Deal ]

[ They Will Be The First One To Attack ]
[ But They Would Also Be The Last Person ]
[ That Would Give A Stranger The Shirt Off Their Back ]
[ You Never Know Which Version ]
[ Of The Sad Clown Will Deal Cards Off The Bottom Of The Stack ]

[ When They Cheat ]
[ Or Steal ]
[ They Do Not Ever Want To Be Beat ]
[ Or Feel ]

[ Emotions Are Not Their Thing ]
[ Even When They Seek ]
[ To Finish His Pursuit In Getting Enough Votes To Be The King ]
[ To Do This It Gives The Outside World A Small Peek ]

[ Of His Decades Long Desire ]
[ To Cover Up His Lies ]
[ & Maybe Be Able To Explain Why He Is Such A Prolific Liar ]

[ Some Say ]
[ That On Most Days ]
[ He Will Look For A Way ]
[ To Find That One Gimmick That Really Pays ]

[ As Sure As America Is Connected To The Bald Eagle ]
[ Whatever He Finds ]
[ It Does Not Have To Be Legal ]
[ In The Public’s Minds ]

[ Sad Clowns Would Prefer That Their Adventures Not Be On The Legal Side ]
[ It Is Much Easier For Them To Remember How & When They Lied ]
[ But It Does Make For A Bumpy Ride ]

~ 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 ]

[ 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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(318)▪︎[ Where Is Your Footprint? … 2026 ]

[ If You Die Young ]
[ & There Was A Celebration Of Life Going On ]
[ Would Anybody Come? ]
[ Or Would Every Loved One Be Gone? ]

[ Have You Been Going So Fast ]
[ That You Didn’t Leave Your Footprint On Anything In Your Past? ]
[ Will There Be Any Remnants Of You, That Will Last? ]

[ Can You See Any Kind Of A Footprint? ]
[ Or Is That Just Pocket Lint? ]

[ Where Did The Time Go? ]
[ Did It Pass By You Fast Or Slow? ]

[ It Seems That You Don’t ]
[ Will Your Neighbors Know? ]
[ You Bet They Won’t ]

[ How Come The Only Help ]
[ You Can Get ]
[ Is From The Lone Review On Yelp? ]

[ You Look & Look ]
[ But There Is Zero Chit Chat On Facebook ]

[ What About Your 100’s Of So Called Friends? ]
[ Did Anybody Stick By You Through The End? ]

[ You Are Finding Out That You Left Nothing Of Worth ]
[ On This Earth ]

[ Not In Your House ]
[ Or Words From Your Grieving Spouse ]

[ But You Quickly Find That She Is Not Grieving ]
[ She Is Packing Up & Leaving ]

[ Going Into The Unknown ]
[ Since All Of Your Life Insurance Has Been Blown ]

[ Why Should She Stay? ]
[ Another Week? ]
[ Or Another Day ]

[ Would You Want To Bet ]
[ That You Will Not Even Find Your Favorite Jacket? ]

[ Would That Be Given To The Goodwill Store? ]
[ Since It Does Not Have A Purpose Anymore? ]

[ Did You Cherish Money Over Time Spent With Others? ]
[ When You Did Find The Time ]
[ You Chose To Stay Under Your Covers ]

[ How Come There Is Not A Single Clue ]
[ That There Has Been Any Footprint Made By You? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(275)▪︎[ The Twist … 2025 ]

[ What If Your Life Was Turned Upside Down & Twisted To The Left? ]
[ Then Twisted Back To The Right? ]
[ Would You Have To Watch Your Step ]
[ Before You Are Able To Turn On The Light? ]

[ Life Is Like That ]
[ It Seems To Be A Proveable Fact ]
[ That You Are Raised & Directed On How To Act ]

[ If Other’s Are Acting In Front Of You ]
[ How Do You Continue ]
[ Knowing What To Do? ]

[ Do You Just Want To Wing It? ]
[ Bit By Bit ]

[ Everything Counts ]
[ But If You Are Not Careful ]
[ The Bills Will Mount ]
[ & Then You Would Have To Empty Your Bilfold ]

[ Then Where Are You @ ]
[ If You Keep Eating Processed Food ]
[ You Could Get Fat ]
[ & That Wouldn’t Be Good ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(303)▪︎[ Next Time, See The Signs … 2026 ]

[ When It Sounds Like An Argument Is Going Back & Forth ]
[ Maybe You Should Take A Pause ]
[ Then Go To Your “True North” ]
[ Before The Other Person Starts Showing Their Claws ]

[ Because You Might Find That Their Strongest Characteristic ]
[ Might Be When They Show How Narcissistic ]

[ They Truly Get & Are ]
[ That Might Be Why They Are So High Maintenance ]
[ Like A Really Expensive Sports Car ]

[ Going To Your “True North” Can Have Such A Calming Affect ]
[ Especially In The Face ]
[ Of Someone Who Acts Like They Are An Emotional Train Wreak ]

[ It Is Not Up To You To Solve Their Problems ]
[ Or Fix Them ]

[ A Narcissist Cannot Ever Get Out Of Their Own Way ]
[ Mainly Because They Do Not Ever Believe They Are In The First Place ]
[ No Matter What You Will Say ]
[ Or Show To Their Face ]

[ A Narcissist Is Never Truly Empathetic ]
[ But Getting Away From One Can Prove To Be ]
[ Very Cathartic ]
[ & Strangely ]
[ Staying With One Can Prove To Become Very Problematic ]

[ So Why Would You Want To Stay With One ]
[ Since Now That Everything Has Stopped Being Fun ]
[ You Are Just Very Pleased That There Won’t Be An Anniversary For Year (31) ]
[ So Take The Advice Of “Run Forest, Run!” ]

[ You Will Find ]
[ That You Will Never Be Able To Figure Out The Thinking ]
[ That Goes On In Their Mind ]
[ They Could Try To Spend Many Nights Binge Drinking ]
[ & They Will Never Go Dakine! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(317)▪︎[ Life … 2026 ]

[ Can A Person Have A Disability & A Talent @ The Same Time? ]
[ It Seems Like It Would Be A Crime ]
[ If Someone Spent All Of Their Days On This Earth ]
[ Not Accomplishing Something Sublime ]
[ To Improve Their Worth ]

[ Improving Yourself Is What You Are Born To Do ]
[ That Is How You ]
[ Work Things Through ]

[ You Need To Know What Just Happened?]
[ When? ]
[ Right Then ]

[ You Will Need Congratulations ]
[ Because Of The Comparisons ]

[ ½ The House Was Standing ]
[ The Other ½ Was Demanding ]

[ Would Someone Yell @ You For The Hell Of It? ]
[ Saying Something Completely Irrelevant? ]
[ Would That Make You Feel Spent? ]
[ So Now You Are Scrambling For Next Month’s Rent! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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