(86)▪︎[ You Know What I Mean? … 1•24•2021 ]

[ Do The Words Blue, Pipe, Yellow, Sixteen & Nine All Have
     Four Letters In It? ]
[ Okay, Right? ]
[ When It Is Warm @ Night Does That Mean That The Son Is Out? ]

[ What Color Would Five O’clock Look Like Upside Down? ]
[ If I Asked Ewe A Question Tomorrow Would You Give Me A
     Sheepish Answer? ]
[ Why Now? ]
[ I Think The Real Story Revolved Around The Sister Of The Three
     Little Pigs ]
[ They Were Never Really Nice To Her By Making Her Live In A
     Trailer In The Bad Part Of Town In Albany, New York ]
[ But Wait, Albany, Connecticut Does Not Have A Good Part Of
     Town, So She Lived In Her Car ]
[ She Was The Black Sheep Of The Pig Family ]
[ She Actually Loved Pork ]
[ So She Ended Up Drinking Beer With Her Mashed Potatoes ]
[ Can The Word ( FOOTBALL ) Ever Come Down With Athletes
     Feet? ]
[ Can The Game Of ( SOCKHER ) Ever Be Brought Up On Domestic
     Abuse Charges? ]
[ Can It Be Played Without Shoes? ]
[ Could The Game Of ( BASKETBALL ) Ever Be Played On The
     Handlebars Of A Little Girls Bike? ]
[ It Did Not Make Sense That The Year 2020 Turned Out So
     Bad ]
[ 2019 Said It Would Have Such Good Vision ]
[ The Truth About The Big Bad Wolf Was That He Always Had
     His Half-Brother Doing The Blowing Parts, Because He Had A
     Bad Case Of C.O.P.D. ]
[ & Because He Wasn’t Gay ]
[ Kermit The Frog Never Dated Miss Piggy ]
[ He Was A Vegan ]
[ He Would Never Eat Meat ]
[ So She Would Only Hang Out With Big Bird ]
[ Did You Ever See The Size Of His Feet? ]
[ He WAS Anatomically True To Size ]
[ The Lady In The Old Shoe Had Horrendous Breath & Ran A
     Sweatshop Out Of The Back Of The Heel ]
[ When The Quarterback Yells ( HIKE ) Where Do They Go? ]
[ Or Maybe It Is Just A Suggestion ]
[ How Come The Number 13 Is The Lucky Number & 7 Is Just
     Purple? ]
[ That Is A Weird Word ]
[ Has Four Letters & Ends Just Like It Started, Drinking Tea ]
[ Does It Really Matter If The Balls Are Blue Or Brown? ]
[ It Does If You Are A Man ]
[ Ask Me In Two Days ]
[ Are Burritos Cold? ]
[ Do They Shiver? ]
[ It Sounds Like They Do @ The Start ]
[ Those Are All Good Answers ]
[ But The Answers Are Predominantly ( C ) ]
[ If Someone Is Offended Does That Mean They Liked The Start? ]
[ Or Is That When The ( END ) Fell ( OFF )? ]
[ If Someone Gave You ( $50 ) & Asked You To Give Half
     Of It To STAN, Than Asked You To Give Half Of That To
     STEPHEN, Than Asked You To Give Half Of That To BILL,
     How Much Time Have You Saved By Drinking A Soda
     Using Your Left Hand? ]
[ Since Water Is Clear Do You Really Know That It
     Is There? ]
[ How Come The Word ( OPEN ) Is Not Irish? ]
[ Can You Count To 100 By Skipping All Of The Vowels? ]
[ Strawberry Lemonade Is Just Another Code Word
     If You Want To Order Coffee In A Sit Down Restaurant ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me, Try It The Next Time You Go To A 7-11 ]
[ If I Had Written ( THE END ) @ The Start Of This Pudding, Would
     You Have Looked @ The Bottom For The Middle?
[ Have You Ever Dissected The Word Pillow? ]
[ Yeah, Me Neither ]
[ Why Would I, When You Wouldn’t, After I Said To Go Ahead
     Because It’s Free To Hiccup Twice When The Refrigerator  Door
     Combination Was Changed Two Oranges Ago ]
[ Makes No Cents ]
[ So It Would Never Add Up To A Phone Call ]
[ Okay? ]
[ Good To Know Or Yes ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(85)▪︎[ In-Between The Lines … 1•24•2021 ]

[ There Are As Many Opinions ]
[ Out There ]
[ As There Are Layers Of An Onion ]

[ Some Are Good ]
[ Some Are Bad ]
[ When They Are Misunderstood ]
[ It Makes People Mad ]

[ Sometimes You Have To Read In-Between The Lines ]
[ Because Some Words That Are Spoken ]
[ Are Not The Only Things On Their Minds ]

[ Are They Leaning ]
[ & Speaking ]
[ With A Hidden Meaning? ]

[ In The Same Way ]
[ That They Say? ]

[ Alot Of Times It Is Hard To Believe ]
[ Someone, That Always Has Something Up Their Sleeves ]

[ How Many Times Can They Be Trusted? ]
[ After They Are Busted? ]

[ Not Too Many ]
[ If Any ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(100)▪︎[ Exercise Is Not Bad … 1•30•2021 ]

[ Exercise Is Not Punishment For What You Ate ]
[ It Is A Celebration For Your Body ]
[ If You Take The Time To Wait ]

[ Eating Something That Was Not Something  On Your
     Regular Menu ]
[ Doesn’t Spell Doom ]
[ For You ]

[ The Points Can Be A Guide ]
[ The List Of Foods Is Long & Wide ]

[ Don’t Throw Away Your Day ]
[ After One Meal Took You Away ]

[ From What You Normally Eat ]
[ Maybe, Instead Of Feeling Beat ]
[ You Could Think Of It As A Treat ]

[ Afterall, This Journey Is A Marathon ]
[ Not A Sprint ]
[ To Keep Yourself Moving On ]

[ Each Person’s Journey Is As Different From Each Other
     Like One Snowflake To The Next ]
[ If You Don’t Believe Me ]
[ The Next Time It Snows, Go Check ]

[ Everyone Starts @ W.W. For Their Own Personal Reasons ]
[ Starting Is The Easy Part For Some ]
[ & Even Harder To Stay Consistent Through All Of
     Changing Seasons ]

[ Winter Seems Like The Hardest Times While Surviving
     All Of The Heavy Eating Holidays ]
[ It Always Feels Like Everything You Eat ]
[ Goes To The Mid-Section & Stays ]

[ It Is Hard To Stay Lean ]
[ During The Times ]
[ When You Put On That ( WINTER TIME 15 ) ]

[ The Journey Is Long ]
[ & Your Resolve Must Stay Strong ]

[ Enjoy The Friendly Greetings ]
[ & Advice ]
[ That You Get @ The Weekly Meetings ]

[ You Have The Drive & Strength ]
[ To Walk This Journey ]
[ No Matter The Length ]

[ It Will Take Time For You To Get To Lifetime ]
[ So After Saying All Of That ]
[ I Will End This Story That Rhymes ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(99)▪︎[ I Just Do Not Know … 1•30•2021 ]

[ As I Sit Here & Let The Frustration Sink In ]
[ I Wonder Why I Just Can’t Win ]

[ Even When Things Are Going Well, I Have Doubt ]
[ That My World Won’t Just Bottom Out ]

[ Where Would I Go ]
[ That Is One Of The Many Many Things That I Don’t
     Know ]

[ How Many Times Have I Been Burned? ]
[ When I Did Not Know Which Way To Turn? ]

[ It Is So Tough To Rely On Others Because They Won’t
     Usually Come Through ]
[ What I Thought Was A Friendship ]
[ Was Not Really True ]

[ Now It Is A ( STAY 6′ AWAY ) Kind Of World ]
[ & When Someone Says They Will Do Something ]
[ They Rarely Stand By Their Word ]

[ As I Grow Old ]
[ I Find That Nobody’s Promise Is Worth An Ounce Of Gold ]
[ Where Once I Found Warmth ]
[ The Atmosphere, Is Now Really Cold ]

[ I Can’t Rely On Our Neighbors, In Our Own Neighborhood ]
[ Because The Feeling That I Get From Them ]
[ Has Never Been Warm Or Good ]

[ So, Since They Won’t Look @ My Eyes ]
[ I Will Be Another Anti-Social Guy ]
[ Who Won’t Even Try ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(97)▪︎[ Just An Ordinary Day … 1•29•2021 ]

[ I Am Just Sitting Here In The Dark ]
[ With Nothing But My Thoughts ]
[ Wondering If My Life Is In Neutral Or Park ]

[ I Seem To Be Running Uphill On A Treadmill
     Not Getting Anywhere ]
[ The Main Problem With This Is That I Have Lost The
     Desire To Care ]

[ As I Sit Here I Do Not Hear A Thing ]
[ So I Watch The Phone ]
[ & Hope That It Would Ring ]

[ Minutes Drag By, Then They Turn Into Hours ]
[ Everytime I Think Things Are Going Well ]
[ It Turns Upside Down & Sours ]

[ Those That I Thought Were Friends Jumped Ship 
     When The Waters Got Rough ]
[ I Would Always Listen To Their Problems When
     Their Lives Got Tough ]

[ But I Never Thought That They Would Turn Their Back ]
[ It Feels Like When I Spoke Up]
[ My Face Got Smacked ]

[ I Always Turned The Other Cheek ]
[ Or Correct The Facts Whenever They Would Speak ]

[ I Never Put Them On The Spot ]
[ Because They Were Wrong Alot ]

[ But One Thing That I Have Come To Realize ]
[ In My Years ]
[ Is That People Come & Go Throughout All Of Our Lives ]

[ Like Two Ships Passing Each Other On A Very Dark Night ]
[ I Am In Their Thoughts ]
[ Until I Am No Longer In Their Sight ]

[ But This All Goes Full Circle As I Sit Here Alone ]
[ The Silence Gives Off Its Own Peculiar Tone ]
[ & It Has Been Shown ]
[ That It Always Sends A Chill Clear To My Bones ]

[ I Have To Turn Around & See What I Don’t See ]
[ & Come To Realize This Is How My Life Is Going To Be ]
[ I Bet After I Slowly Count From 1 To 3 ]
[ I Could Look Around & It Would Still Only Be … Me ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(94)▪︎[ Wake-Up … 1•27•2021 ]

[ Okay People Wake-Up, Because While The Earth
     Keeps Turning ]
[ The Earth Is Burning ]

[ We As Humans Are Ruining The Atmosphere ]
[ All Over The World ]
[ & Especially Right Here ]

[ What Makes This So Clear ]
[ Was All Of The Fires That Happened Last Year ]

[ The Air In So Many States ]
[ Was A Smoky Haze ]
[ While Mother Nature Set The Land Ablaze ]

[ It Was Never Known ]
[ Or Ever Shown ]
[ Exactly How Many Families Lost Their Homes ]

[ They Say That Everyone Needs To Work On Shrinking Their
     Carbon Footprint ]
[ This Is No Longer A Marathon ]
[ It Must Be A Sprint ]

[ Everyday The Air Quality Gets Worse Than The Day
     Before ]
[ The Dangerous Smog Used To Be @ A High Altitude ]
[ Now It Seeps Into The House By Coming Through The
     Door ]

[ We Won’t Get A Second Chance ]
[ @ This Life Or Death Dance ]

[ Once There Are Holes ]
[ In The Atmosphere ]
[ They Never Close ]

[ It Sure Does Not Sound Like Fun ]
[ To Look @ All Of The Damage That We Have Caused ]
[ That Cannot Be Undone ]

[ The Oceans & Air Keep Getting Warmer Every Year ]
[ That Makes The Problems Standout Very Clear ]
[ Because Of The Past Abuse Of The Earth ]
[ We Have A Whole Lot To Fear ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(91)▪︎[ A Snow Day … 1•26•2021 ]

[ Snow Makes Such The Prettiest Sight ]
[ In The Daylight ]
[ Then The White ]
[ Ground ]
[ Is In Total Contrast To The Night ]

[ It Is All White & Soft Looking To The Touch ]
[ But If It Snows Too Much ]

[ It Makes The Roads Rough ]
[ & Driving In It Tough ]

[ This Kind Of Weather Makes Most Oregonians  Forget How
     To Drive ]
[ Everyone Just Wants To Get To Their Destination In One
     Piece & Alive ]

[ I Used To Hate Driving When It Was Snowing Hard ]
[ When My Car Would Start To Slide ]
[ I Was Always Fearing That I Would Crash Into Somebody’s
     Yard ]

[ I Still Vividly Remember The Day ]
[ When I Spun My Car & Landed In The Median ]
[ On The I-5 Freeway ]

[ That Made Me Turn Around In My Car & Crawl As Slow As A
     Scared Little Mouse ]
[ All The Way Back To Barbara’s House ]

[ That Was Not Fun By Any Means ]
[ I Had Not Been That Scared Driving Since My Early Teens ]

[ Now That I Don’t Drive The Thoughts In My Head Are Not
     Too Bad ]
[ But The Thoughts Of Being The Passenger @ Times Makes
     Me Sad ]

[ Now I Watch Other People Sweat ]
[ Being Inside ]
[ I Am Sure Now, That I Won’t Get Wet ]

[ I Will Stay Inside Where It Is Warm & Dry ]
[ If Someone Asks Me To Go Outside ]
[ I Will Give Them My Best Quizzical Look & Politely Ask
     Them ( WHY? ) ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(89)▪︎[ I Should Do,What He’s Due … 1•25•2021 ]

[ It Is So So, Sad ]
[ What Needs To Be Done ]
[ To Change His Behavior When He Gets Mad ]

[ It Would Take A Talk From A Very Good Friend ]
[ To Get His Negative Behavior To Come To An End ]

[ He Walks Around Here Like He Runs The Place ]
[ It Is About Time That Someone Actually Gets
     In His Face ]

[ Maybe One Day I Will Sit & Watch The Clock ]
[ & Let Him Yap ]
[ Until I Hear A Soft Knock ]

[ My Friend Would Come, If I Called ]
[ My Friend Would Pin Him Against The Wall ]

[ Then We Could See How He Acts ]
[ When My Friend Tells Him The Actual Facts ]

[ & Cement The Facts Into His Dome ]
[ As My Friend Tells Him Who Really Runs This Home ]

[ He Would Be Sent To The Corner If He Needed To
     Pout ]
[ He Won’t Have Any Need For The Use Of Violence ]
[ There Won’t Be The Need To Shout ]

[ It Sucks How I See ]
[ How He Won’t Listen To Me ]

[ But I Have Resigned Myself To This Situation As It Is ]
[ As He Was Growing Up ]
[ I Never Ever Thought That Things Would Come To This ]

[ After He Said That He Never Respects Me As His Father ]
[ When He Was Ten ]
[ I Should Have Asked Myself ( WHY SHOULD I CONTINUE
     TO BOTHER ) ]
[ Right There & Then ]

[ But I Still Do ]
[ Maybe A Long Talk With My Friend Is What He’s Due ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(88)▪︎[ Suspenseful?… 1•25•2021 ]

[ Suspense, Is Hard To Have @ Anytime ]
[ So I Wonder, If I Can Give Some, While I Write This Rhyme ]

[ Something Happened, That Has Been A Long Time Coming ]
[ So Having Suspense ]
[ Can Be Extremely, Mind Numbing ]

[ Sometimes The Suspense, Can Get Into Your Thoughts ]
[ One Second Your Mind Was Clear ]
[ & The Next Second, You Are Seeing Spots ]

[ Can It Affect Your Appetite? ]
[ @ Night? ]
[ Hmm … ]
[ That Thought, Makes Me Hungry, As I Write ]

[ Sometimes, Wanting A Drink Of Water Comes First ]
[ Can Suspense, Really Affect Your Thirst? ]

[ It Has Never Affected Mine ]
[ Having Suspense Has Never Driven Me, To Crave A Beer ]
[ Or A Whole Bottle Of Wine ]

[ Suspense, Affects Others Differently ]
[ Has This Rhyme Done This, Sufficiently? ]

[ Let Me See, Let Me See ]
[ What, Could It Be? ]

[ It Is Really A Shame That She Could Not Be Here Tonight For
     Her Shift ]
[ I Wanted, To Share The News ]
[ That Gave Me, A Much Needed Lift ]

[ It Sure Is Fun To Make Her Laugh ]
[ Has Any Part Of This Story ]
[ Cut The Suspense In Half? ]

[ I Tried To Come Out & Share ]
[ But She Is Not Here Right Now ]
[ She Is Somewhere Else, Over There ]

[ So Before I Send … ]
[ This ]
[ I Will End … ]
[ With This ]

[ Goodnight, Ash ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

(087)▪︎[ Just Another Day … 1•24•2021 ]

[ Sometimes I Feel That I Am Alone Way Too Much ]
[ It Usually Starts Right After Lunch ]

[ I Do Like My Alone Time, So Don’t Get Me Wrong ]
[ A Couple Of Hours During The Day ]
[ But Not For This Long ]

[ Hours On Top Of Each Other ]
[ All Alone ]
[ Is Sometimes Worse Than Having Someone Here That
     Smothers ]

[ I Won’t Lie ]
[ But I Like Good Conversation As Much As The Next Guy ]
[ Not So Much Over The Phone ]
[ I Prefer It Being Eye To Eye ]

[ I Do Hear Distant Voices In The Background ]
[ But They Stay Over There ]
[ Because They Just Don’t Come Around ]

[ I Try To Be Happy ]
[ While Sitting By Myself ]
[ Watching My Steelers DVD’s ]

[ It Is Very Entertaining Watching Hour After Hour Of Steelers
     Football ]
[ I Won’t Stop Until I Have Watched Them All ]

[ I Love Watching My Steelers Win ]
[ Again, Again, Again & Again ]

[ I Would Love To Show & Share ]
[ [ With Another Person That Also Cares ]

[ Being Left Alone Is Not Considered As Time Well Spent ]
[ One Minute Feels Like An Hour ]
[ So It Doesn’t Make A Dent ]

[ Into The Many Hours That I Have Ahead Of Me ]
[ These Are Some Of The Things That I Think Of When I Feel
     Lonely ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]   ‎ 
  ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]