[156]▪︎[ Mahalo Stranger … 3•7•2022 ]

[ Life Is Mostly (1) Constant Conundrum ]
[ & It Is Each Persons Responsibility To Not Stand Still &
Go Numb ]

[ Should Someone Live To Give? ]
[ Or Should You Give While You Live? ]

[ When You Are Able To See Someone That You Feel Is Truly
In Need ]
[ It Feels So Good To Do A Good Deed ]

[ This (1) Night, While Downtown, A Guy Came Up To You From The
Back ]
[ For Some Reason It Did Not Bother You ]
[ You Never Felt That You Were Being Attacked ]

[ He Acted Embarrassed & Ashamed To Ask For Some Change ]
[ You Gave Him A Couple Of Dollars ]
[ But Something Bothered You About That Exchange ]

[ You Felt In Your Pocket & Remembered That You Were Actually
Pretty Flushed ]
[ So You Looked & Walked Around The Area, In A Rush ]

[ Then You Saw Him Further Down The Sidewalk, To Your Right ]
[ You Wanted His Attention ]
[ But You Really Did Not Want To Startle Him To Where He
Would Feel That He Had To Fight ]

[ You Calmly Got His Attention, So He Stopped Walking & He
Turned Around ]
[ You Asked Him If He Remembered You, As He Continued To Look
@ The Ground ]

[ He Was Shaking When He Asked If You Wanted The Money
Returned Now? ]
[ You Said (NO) As You Handed Him (2) More Bills ]
[ He Quietly Said (WOW) ]

[ You Understood Why ]
[ He Did Not Want To Get Mugged By Another Guy ]
[ He Finally Looked Up & We Locked Eyes ]

[ What You Saw On His Face Was Pure Gratitude ]
[ Then His Face Had To Turn Back Into His Street Attitude ]

[ As You Walked Away, It Felt Like You Were Given A Gift ]
[ & A Much Needed Lift ]

[ @ The Same Time ]
[ Thank You To The Man That Was The Central Reason For This
Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[017][ No Money In It … 1•4•2022 ]

[ There Are Words In Every Direction That You Look ]
[ Sometimes They Are Not Written In A Book ]

[ They Come Down The Slide ]
[ Maybe The Thoughts Should Pick A Side ]

[ Is One Side Good? ]
[ Is The Other Side Bad? ]
[ When You Are This Misunderstood ]
[ Does It Make You Mad? ]

[ No One Wants To Be That Miss-Understood For A Second ]
[ You Reckon ]

[ How Do You Turn It Around? ]
[ Instead Of Letting Someone Pound It To The Ground ]

[ To Get It Level ]
[ Would You Need A Beval? ]

[ Or Does It Need To Go Completely In? ]
[ You Will Never Win ]

[ Because The Thoughts Will Not Cooperate ]
[ & The Doctors Will Not Operate ]

[ Because There Is No Money In It ]
[ & That Is What You Don’t Understand ]
[ Even A Little Bit ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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[019][ Finding Solace … 1•5•2022 ]

[ Some Say That (TO BE TOUGH, IS TO BE FRAGILE) ]
[ (TO BE TENDER, IS TO BE TRULY FIERCE) ]
[ Must You Also Be Agile? ]

[ All In The Search For Solace In Your Life ]
[ In Your Search For That Guiding Light ]

[ All In The Search ]
[ Sitting Up High On A Perch ]

[ Looking For That Light That Will Point You In The Right
Direction ]
[ For Even The Slightest Consideration ]

[ Of Which Way That You Need To Go ]
[ Because You Flat Out Don’t Know ]

[ Once You Find Solace, Than What? ]
[ Will You Get The Answers To All Of Those Questions That
Have Been Burning Inside Of Your Gut? ]

[ The Answers To The Questions That You Have Pondered ]
[ The Ones That Have Made Your Mind Wander ]

[ Why Are You Here? ]
[ It Has Never Been Clear ]

[ Where Is This Search Taking You? ]
[ You Have Searched For Every Clue ]

[ No One Seems To Know ]
[ So … ]

[ What Happens After? ]
[ When You Turn The Page ]
[ & Seek Enlightenment In The Next Chapter ]

[ Page After Page You Will Turn ]
[ Through It All ]
[ You Actually Learn ]

[ How To Be Fragile, While Being Tough ]
[ Being Tender & Also Being Fierce Is Rough ]
[ Because You Never Know That You Were Doing ]
[ Each Different Ways Enough ]

[ Is Being Fragile The Opposite Way To Be In Certain
Situations? ]
[ Doing It That Way Causes Everybody Some Consternation ]

[ There Was No Spilling Over Of Confidence ]
[ All They Feel Is Indifference ]

[ When & What Will It Take To Turn This Around ]
[ It Will Be A Tough Hill To Climb That You Found ]

[ Really, Tough ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(119)▪︎[ Re-Fund The Police … 2•10•2022 ]

[ Portland, Oregon Has Become Such A Violent & Dangerous
City ]
[ It Used To Be As Safe As Owning A Little Kitty ]

[ Everyday There Is A Shooting, Or Two ]
[ It Is So Dangerous, Because Of What Some Criminals Do ]

[ You Feel For The People That Live There ]
[ They Need To Know That Other People Ouside Of Their
Community Care ]

[ The Business Owners Are Losing Money Hand Over Fist ]
[ So Many Have Moved Their Business Or Just Outright
Closed ]
[ You Would Think That The Puppet Mayor Would Have A List ]

[ That Horrible Person Hardesty Does Nothing Good ]
[ She Took The Police Out Of The Downtown Area ]
[ Turning All Of That Into A Really Dangerous Neighborhood ]

[ Defund The Police Were The Stupidest Words That She
Continued To Scream ]
[ She, Turned The City Of Portland Into A Horrible Dream ]

[ I Do Believe That They Call That A Nightmare ]
[ She Continues To Show That She Does Not Care ]
[ Her & The Puppet Mayor Show Zero Leadership ]
[ Did She Ruin The City On A Dare? ]

[ How Has Defunding The Police Department Worked For You? ]
[ If You Have A Police Officer Or (2) ]

[ Guarding You & The Mayor ]
[ Why Do You Think You Need Them There? ]

[ You Both Sided With The Rioters That Made The Downtown
Area Look Like Hell ]
[ I Am Not Talking About The Demonstrators Who Meant Well ]

[ Okay Hardesty, Some Say You Need To Treat Your Body
Like A Temple ]
[ If Little Kids Were Told That & Saw You ]
[ Is Your Look Setting A Good Example? ]

[ You Look Like Life Has Got The Best Of You So You’ve Grown
Bitter ]
[ You Should Retire ]
[ & Just Become The Scary Babysitter ]

[ This City’s Politicians Should Be Voted Out ]
[ When You All Are Gone, Could Portland Come Back Around? ]
[ You Leave The People A Massive Amount Of Doubt ]

[ You All Should Go Quietly Into The Night ]
[ So People Can Go Downtown & Not Be Full Of Fright ]

[ Bring Back The Downtown Police Units & Give The City
Some Form Of Law & Order ]
[ Put Hardesty Down In A City Close To The California Border ]

[ I Hear There Are No Police Down There @ All ]
[ Hey, We Should Give Them A Call ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1127)▪︎[ The Rose … 9•5•2019 ]

[ There Are Some People Who Learn About Life On
Their Own ]
[ Some People Just Want To Be Left Alone ]
[ Those People March To A Different Tone ]
[ Not Just To A Different Drum ]
[ If You Throw A Party ]
[ Are Those The One’s You Hope Never Come? ]
[ Those People Always Look Out For #1 ]
[ The First Time You Disagree With Their Thinking ]
[ They Could Start Drinking ]
[ & Then Your Relationship With Them Is Done ]

[ Beware, Because These Types Of People Tend To

Act Like Hanging Judges ]
[ If You Don’t Think Their Way ]
[ They Hold Grudges ]
[ That Alter Your Vision Of Them ]
[ It’s Like Cutting The Head Of The Rose Off Its Stem ]
[ It Alters The Look Of That Flower Immediately ]
[ & Considerably ]
[ No One Does That Gleefully ]

[ It Made That Flower Look Alot Worse ]
[ It Could Be Like You Broke A Mirror ]
[ Now Have The 7 Year Curse ]

[ You May As Well Take It Back & Bury It In The Garden That It Came From ]
[ Hopefully The Owner Of The Garden Will Still Have Some ]
[ The Moral Of The Story Is ]
[ Don’t Cut Off The Head Of Something Of Beauty ]
[ Killing A Rose Is Not Your Duty ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(111)▪︎[ A Meaningful Story … 2•8•2022 ]

[ I Have This Friend, Who I Dearly Love ]
[ Who Really Has Alot Of Faith In The Man Who Lives Really High
Above ]

[ I Have Tried My Hardest To Be The Best Male Friend That She Has
Ever Had ]
[ & I Have Tried My Hardest To Never Make Her Mad ]

[ I Am Very Sure ]
[ That I Have Never Wanted To Be On The Wrong Side Of Anger
With Her ]

[ Oh, I Have Heard Story After Story ]
[ Of Her Past Glory ]

[ She Became (2) Parents To Her Kids When Her Husband Of
Over (30) Years Passed ]
[ But Parental Love Did Not Lapse ]

[ She Took On The Mother/Father/Grandmother/Grandfather
Roles Quite Well ]
[ Love & Honesty Did Not Go To Hell ]

[ I Could Never Pinpoint The Day Or Event That, When Or How We
Became Best Friends ]
[ We Just Did ]
[ So That Is Where & When The Mystery Ends ]

[ She Is So Hard-Headed, She Told Me The Nickname That She
Wanted Me To Call Her By ]
[ I Do Not Speak Spanish & I Did Not Know The Definition ]
[ But I Gave It A Try ]

[ She Did Not Curse @ Me ]
[ She Did Not Slap Me ]
[ She Did Not Shoot @ Me (WHERE DID SHE GET A GUN IN THIS
STORY?) ]
[ She Did Not Send Her Son Or Her Large Brother After Me ]

[ So It Did Not Offend ]
[ So I Guessed That I Did Not Have My Life To Defend ]

[ When I Say It, Nobody Gets Chafed ]
[ So I Think That I Am Safe ]

[ I Have Learned Through Our Short Friendship That When
Cavarona Says To Do Something, That Something Gets Done ]
[ Or Nobody Gets A Warm Tortilla ]
[ Or Has Any Fun ]

[ She Says It Means, (HARD HEADED, STUBBORN) ]
[ Well That Hits The Nail On The Head ]
[ It Probably Started, Right After She Was Born ]

[ My Friend Is Solid & Built Like A Tank ]
[ A Couple Of Mystery Men Tried To Treat Her Like A Community
Bank ]

[ That Was A Hard Sell ]
[ They Could Not Crack That Titanium Shell ]

[ But My Best Friend Will Be Leaving Us Soon ]
[ Maybe I Could Reminisce About Her When I See The Moon ]

[ But That Is Not What Keys My My Memory To That Smile
On Her Face ]
[ I Know What & Where ]
[ It Will Be My Place ]

[ We Had So Many Long Talks Instead Turning Of The T.V. On ]
[ What Am I Going To Do The Minute AFTER I Am Told That
She Has Gone ]

[ For Her Memorial She Told Me To Wear My Vans, Shorts &
A Hawaiian Shirt ]
[ I Just Hopes That Nobody Thinks That I Am Being Disrespectful ]
[ & Knocks My Ass In The Dirt ]
[ I Don’t Want To Get Hurt ]

[ I Hope That Maria Tells Someone That This ]
[ Was Her Wish ]

[ We Talked About That There Was Not A Single Time Where She
Saw Me Wearing Long Pants ]
[ Not Even A Glance ]

[ No Pictures, No Nothing ]
[ I Can Not Remember The Last Time That I Wore Pants For
Something

[ My Mind Is Flooded With So Many Thoughts & Words ]
[ Flying Around Like A Big Bunch Of Birds ]

[ So Much To Say ]
[ So Little Time ]
[ What Is The Way ]
[ That I Could End This Story That I Wrote To My Very Best Friend,
But Make It Rhyme? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1129)▪︎[ Happy 30th Birthday, Pam … 9•6•2019 ]

[ Happy Birthday To My Friend Pam ]
[ Do I Miss You Dearly? ]
[ Oh, Yes Ma’am ]

[ Saturdays, Have Never Been The Same ]
[ Ever Since Jori ]
[ Stopped Calling Your Name ]

[ You Moved Far Far Away ]
[ That Means We Can’t See You ]
[ Every Saturday ]

[ So Today Was The Celebration Of Your Birth ]
[ We All Should Celebrate Every Day You’ve Been On
This Earth ]
[ So If The Celebrating Must Be Condensed To Just One Day ]
[ I’ll Try To Find A Way ]
[ To Shorten Down What I Want To Say ]
[ I’ll Write It In A Story ]
[ If I May ]

[ So How Many Times Have You Celebrated Turning Thirty? ]
[ The Only One Who Knows The Truth Is Only A Little Birdie? ]

[ I Hope You Had Fun Today & Celebrated In Style ]
[ After Writing This ]
[ I’ll Be Sad For Awhile ]

[ Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Sorry This Is Late ]
[ Next Year I’ll Remember This Date ]

[ I Hope You Like Everything That You Got ]
[ But True Friendship Can Never Be Bought ]
[ & A Friendly Story Was Something You Sought ]
[ But Bottom Line Pam ]
[ We Miss You Lots! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1397)▪︎ [ Total Confusion … 12•13•2019 ]

[ I Am Totally Confused ]
[ & Right Now ]
[ I Have A Short Fuse ]

[ I Have No Clue Who I Can & Cannot Trust ]
[ Is Trust A Must? ]
[ Why Is The End Result Often A Bust? ]

[ & There Are Millions Of People Out There ]
[ Who Really Don’t Care ]

[ Those Are The Ones ]
[ That You Stay Away From ]

[ They Are The Wolves Dressed Up As Sheep ]
[ When Others Don’t Give A Rip ]
[ You Hear Nothing Louder Than A Bleep ]

[ They’re Not Dumb ]
[ By Any Means ]
[ They Will Always Sit Back & Be Numb ]

[ The Confusion Is Oftentimes Day & Night ]
[ When I’m Startled Awake ]
[ I’m In The Mode Of Fight Or Flight ]

[ Do I Run ]
[ Or Pick Up A Gun ]
[ For Fun? ]

[ Will I Have The Nerve To Pull The Trigger? ]
[ When I Find Out That The Nightmares Will Get Bigger
& Bigger? ]
[ So I Should Just Quit ]
[ This Shit! ]
[ This Makes Me Fed Up, With All Of It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(732)▪︎[ The Rising Water … 8•29•2020 ]

[ How Do You Keep Your Head Above The Rising Water? ]
[ When The Air Around You Keeps Getting Hotter? ]

[ You Want To Dip Your Head Under To Feel Cool ]
[ But The Water Seems To Be Getting So High ]
[ You Have To Stand Up On Your Tallest Stool ]

[ If I Hold My Breath, I Think I’ll Be Fine ]
[ Life On One Side, Death On The Other ]
[ They Are Just Separated Down The Middle By A Thin Line ]

[ If I Lean To The Right Will I Have Regret ]
[ But When I Look Around ]
[ I Don’t See That Anyone Is Left ]

[ Right Or Wrong ]
[ Having Blind Faith In Others ]
[ Proved That The Bond Was Not Strong ]

[ Two Or Three Have Stayed ]
[ They Never Strayed ]

[ & That Is All That I Have To Say ]
[ Right Now On This Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(573)▪︎[ Almost Moving Day … 7•13•2021 ]

[ Well, Tomorrow Is The Big Day ]
[ & What Can You Say? ]

[ Yahoo!! ]
[ Boo Hoo? ]

[ Good Luck! ]
[ Go Ducks! ]

[ You Don’t Really Know ]
[ This Day Came Upon Us Extremely Slow ]

[ Time, Getting Here ]
[ & Now It Is Near ]
[ & The Date Is Marked So Clear ]

[ July 14th, 2021 Will Go Down In History ]
[ As The Day That You Stopped Living In Misery ]

[ Every Single Night ]
[ You Had To Fight ]
[ The Fright ]

[ You Are Not Jumping Up & Down For Joy ]
[ Like A Wind-Up Toy ]
[ Because He Will Always Be Your Boy ]

[ But There Is The Fact ]
[ About How Dangerous He Acts ]

[ To You & Others ]
[ Even Towards His Mother ]

[ Clear To His Soul ]
[ He Has Become Out Of Control ]

[ Every Single Night ]
[ You Had To Fight ]
[ The Fright ]
[ That Was Just Slightly Out Of Your Sight ]

[ When He Gets Confronted, He Clenches His Fists ]
[ & That Really Shows That He Is Extremely Pissed ]

[ Off ]
[ & All Of His Common Sense Is Lost ]

[ So, Yes It Is About Time That He Takes His Groove ]
[ & Move ]

[ See How He Deals With Others After The Honeymoon
Stage ]
[ Is Over ]
[ & He Acts (4) Years Younger Than His Actual Age ]

[ Than They Will See The Actual, Real Him ]
[ & He Becomes A Problem ]

[ But The Problem Is Now There ]
[ They Can Sweat Out The Problems That He Will Cause ]
[ That Will Make Them Pull Out Their Own Hair ]

[ You Were & Am Tired Of The Rampant Disrespect That He
Shows ]
[ & How He Thumbs His Nose ]

[ @ Whatever You Have Said ]
[ & Does Whatever He Wants To Do Instead ]

[ He Will Now Have To Listen To What They Say ]
[ & As He Tries To Make The Staff There, Earn Their Pay ]

[ Now His Pains & Aches ]
[ Will Cause Them Headaches ]

[ Just Like It Is Almost Moving Time ]
[ This Is The End Of This Specific Rhyme ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ] ‎
‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]