(219)▪︎[ Nothing Is Required … 2•28•2022 ]

[ Everything That You Were Saying Was Being Disputed ]
[ Every Suggestion You Gave Was Refuted ]
[ Would She Rather You Be Muted ]
[ Once You Debuted ]

[ You Would Want To Go To This Place ]
[ But The Suggestion Would Be Thrown Right Back ]
[ In Your Face ]
[ Were They Trying To Knock You Off-Track? ]
[ In An Effort To Change Your Pace ]

[ It Drives You Up The Wall ]
[ So Much So ]
[ You Don’t Want To Say Anything @ All ]
[ It Should Matter ]
[ That You Were There In Person, Instead Of Being On A Call ]

[ What Is The Point? ]
[ Physically ]
[ To Get All Out Of Joint? ]
[ Emotionally ]

[ It Makes You Tired ]
[ The Amount Of Time When ]
[ You Proved That They Were Liars ]
[ Like The Blowing Of The Wind ]

[ Liars Are Not To Be Trusted ]
[ A Lot Of Times People Find The Truth ]
[ Then They Get Busted ]
[ Because They Pulled That Last Tooth ]

[ But Trust ]
[ Is A Must ]
[ & Trusting ]
[ Is A Bust ]

[ But, For The People Who Do Not Like That ]
[ They Should Look @ The Stats ]
[ It Is As Obvious As Being Thrown Down On The Mat ]

[ Well, That Is Too Bad ]
[ They Are Not Supposed To Be Glad ]
[ Or Mad ]

[ If They Want It To Be ]
[ They Should See ]
[ Things, Once They Get Up Off Of Their Knees ]

______________________

~ 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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(265)▪︎[ Mary Had A Little Lamb … 4•11•2022 ]

[ Mary Woznewsciak Had A Little Lamb Who Was As White As
Snow ]
[ Everywhere That Mary Went ]
[ That Damn Sheep Was Sure To Go ]     

[ Mary Was Becoming As Big As A Bitch ]  
[ As Fast As She Was Getting Rich ]

[ She Found Out That Wolves Would Pay Top Dollar For Little
Lambs On The Black Market ]
[ She Heard This From A Wolf Named Chet ]   

[ He Used To Be In The (HUFF -n- PUFF) Business, Blowing Pigs Houses Down ]
[ But Now All The Pigs Live In Condos ] 
[ Right In The Middle Of Town ]

[ So It Seemed That Those Wolves Put Themselves Out Of The Business That They Had Since They Were Young ]
[ They Found Out Through The Years, That Either You Are Born With It ]
[ Or You Don’t Have Strong Enough Lungs ]

[ Now Chet Was Trying To Get Mary To Sign A Contract ]
[ When Mary Saw All Of Those 0’s ]
[ Chet Knew How She Would React ]

[ Mary Said That She Would Sleep On It ]
[ That Almost Made Chet Have A Fit ]

[ Chet Was Supposed To Bring (5) Lambs To (CHANGS CHINESE RESTAURANT) By 1900hrs Tonight ]
[ He Pleaded With Mary ]
[ Because He Did Not Want To Start A Fight ]

[ She Told Chet (I WILL GIVE THE (5) LAMBS AS A SHORT TERM
LOANER) ]
[ (I WILL DO THIS, JUST TO APPEASE THE OWNER) ]

[ Chet Delivered The Lambs To The Owner, Stan ]
[ He Ran A Clean Restaurant  ]
[ [ He Seemed Like A Good Honest Man ]

[ He Always Said (Chet, SINCE THIS IS YOU) ]
[ (I WILL PAY YOU 27% ABOVE MARKET VALUE) ]
[ & He Always Came Through ]
[ Even The Time He Could Only Bring Him One Ewe ]

[ The Next Day He Went Over To See Mary’s Flock ]
[ When He Got There He Balked ]

[ He Went To Her Door ]
[ Knocked, Then Walked In ]
[ & There It Was On The Floor ]

[ The Contract Was On The Floor, Stabbed With A Knife ]
[ After He Read It, He Feared For His Life ]

[ He Ran Home & Hurriedly Packed ]
[ He Ran To His Car ]
[ But He Was Attacked ]

[ Who Ordered The Beating ]
[ What Was This Creating? ]

[ A Grudge ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(268)▪︎[ The Worst Day In August … 4•13•2022 ]

[ This Is A Story That Happened (1) Hot, August Night ]
[ When You Write Or Talk About This Event ] 
[ It Makes Your Chest Go Tight ]

[ There Was Nothing You Could Do ]      
[ But Sadly, This Did Happen To You ]   

[ It Was Just Supposed To Be A Regular Shift ]
[ When The (1) Staff That Was Disliked & Disruptive Called Out ]
[ You Thought That Was A Gift ]

[ You Had Another Senior Staff, So You Thought That The
     Night Would Be Good ]
[ Because Without That (1) Staff, Nothing Would Be
     Misunderstood ]

[ When The Kids Would Get A Directive From That (1) Staff ]
[ Most Would Disregard Him ]
[ While The Others Would Laugh ]

[ Your Other Staff Partner Decided To Take The Positive Kids To
The Gym ]
[ Were You Worried Something Dangerous Would Happen? ]
[ It Might You Thought, But The Chances Were Slim ]

[ You Were Left With (13) Kids That Had Their Privileges Taken  Away ]
[ But You Did Not Feel Threatened ]
[ Or Had The Feeling That Something Was Going To Happen That Day ]

[ You Took The Kids Out Back To Get Some Exercise ]
[ You Were Always The Shortest, In Comparative Size ]

[ The Air Was Getting Hot, Heavy & Sticky ]
[ When It Came To Kids Pairing Up ]
[ Some Were Being Really Picky ]

[ Most Kids Would Pair Up With The Same ]
[ Now Kids Paired Up With Different Names ]

[ Something Was Up ]
[ But You Just Couldn’t Figure Out What ]

[ You Got All Of The Kids Back Inside The Unit All Safe & Sound ]
[ You Went Into The Office So You Could See All Around ]

[ A Voice Distracted You To Look In The Dorm ]
[ After That ]
[ Nothing Was Ever The Norm ]

[ Jack And Bill Ran Into The Dorm Wielding A Fire Extinguisher
& A Wooden Cribbage Board ]
[ It Was Bryan That They Were Running Toward ]

[ You Immediately Pulled Your Duress Pin That Was On Your Waist ]
[ Then You Got On The Phone & Called Security ]
[ Telling Them That This Was Not A Mistake ]

[ Securty Told You Not To Engage ]
[ & Stay Safe ]

[ The Unit Went Crazy With Noise ]
[ It Drowned Out Your Voice ]

[ They Were Swinging & Hitting Bryan In The Head ]
[ You Were Hoping That He Was Not Dead ]

[ A Fire Extinguisher Or A Cribbage Board Makes A Distinctive
Sound When It Hits Someone Above The Shoulders ]
[ He  Covered His Head ]
[ So They Only Hit His Head Holders ]

[ (1) Securty Showed Up @ The Front Door, Starting To Come In ]
[ Jack Sprayed Him With The Fire Extinguisher, So He Would Back Out ]
[ You Did Not Know That It Would Be Over (3) Hours Later, Before Anybody Would Try Again ]

[ Jack Would Demand Your Keys Again & Again, But Whenever
     You Refused ]
[ They Would Continue To Hit Bryan ]
[ Who Seemed Dazed & Confused ]

[ They Took Mattresses & Desks To Barricade The Front Door ]
[ It Was Barricaded From Ceiling To Floor ]

[ You Never Knew That A Toilet Or Sink Could Be Busted By An Extinguisher ]
[ It Can, It Did, It Could ]
[ The Dorm Became Flooded With Water ]

[ They Busted Every Window ]
[ Why? ]
[ Maybe Just To Do So ]

[ (3) Hours Had Past ]
[ You Did Not Know How Long This Was Going To Last ]

[ Then You Saw The Hallway Leading Up To The Front Door Fill Up With Very Large Men Who Were Geared Up Head To Toe ]
[ They Busted Through The Door With Weapons Drawn ]
[ You Ran To The Officer Who Was Waving For You To Go ]

[ Once You Were Outside, Was When The Enormity Of The Situation Hit You ]
[ & What You Just Went Through ]

[ That Was When You Had Uncontrollable Shaking In Your Legs ]
[ They Felt Like (2) Heavy Sleds ]

[ (27) First Responder Vehicles Waited For You In The Yard ]
[ To This Day ]
[ You Have Never Been Through Something That Hard ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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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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