[ It Was Funny ]
[ Like When The Eggs Were A Little Too Runny ]
[ When You Were Looking Over Some Stories That You
Have Written In The Past ]
[ You Saw A Story That Was About How Bad The Year (2019)
Was ]
[ That Made You Laugh ]
[ If They Knew What The Years Of (2020) & (2021) Had In Store ]
[ They Would Want To Skip Forward & Go Straight To The Year
(2024) ]
[ If (2020) Was Not (1) Of The Good Years ]
[ & (2021) Gave Us Alot Of Fears ]
[ Will Year (2022) Cause Alot Of Tears? ]
[ You Do Not Say (OKAY, BUT …) ]
[ Or Look Blankly & Ask (OKAY … WHAT?) ]
[ If You Jump (2) Years, It Would Give The World Time To
Regenerate ]
[ Then (2) Years Would Be A Long Enough Wait ]
[ For The World To Get Back On Its Regular Axis ]
[ No, But Not For More Taxes ]
[ When (2020) & (2021) Caused Some People’s Knees To Buckle ]
[ Seeing The First Line Of That Story Made You Chuckle ]
[ What The Hell Was Wrong With (2019?) ]
[ You Bet The Next (2) Years Must Have Really Made You Scream! ]
[ Nothing About Those (2) Years Was Any Positive Part Of
Your Dream ]
[ That You Ever Had ]
[ (YES VIRGINIA, THEY WERE THAT BAD!) ]
[ Looking Back Over (2021) ]
[ You Were Just Glad That You Still Did Not Own A Gun ]
[ You Would Have Shot One Or The Other ]
[ It Would Have Definitely Been The One Who NEVER Had A
Brother ]
[ Looking Back, You Can’t See What Was Wrong With (2019)
To Complain About ]
[ Because Year (2020) Made You Shout ]
[ & Year (2021) Definitely Made You Pass Out ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1171)▪︎[ Funny Rotti … 9•20•2019 ]
[ This Is Rotti With Her New Hair Style ]
[ She Says That She’s Going To Keep It Like This
For Awhile ]
[ Rotti Dances To Her Own Drum ]
[ It Would Be Kind Of Like Comparing My Finger To
My Thumb ]
[ The Same, But Unique ]
[ She’s Always Going About Her Own Business Without
Raising A Stink ]
[ When She Talks With Me ]
[ She Makes Me Think ]
[ She’s Definitely Not Dèjà Vu All Over Again ]
[ She’s So Good For & With Our Son ]
[ I Want To Ask The Question … [ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?) ]
[ She’s Been Out In The World Experiencing Different Things ]
[ & When She Hears A Good Song ]
[ She Dances & Sings ]
[ She Doesn’t Sing Out Of Tune Or Off Key ]
[ She Can Hold A Tune, Much Better Than Me ]
[ She Gets Our Son Out Of The House & Working In The Yard ]
[ But She Never Pushes Too Hard ]
[ She’s Teaching Our Son How To Walk The Line ]
[ When He Does What She Asks ]
[ Things Go Just Fine ]
[ Through Working & Working & Working She’s Got Our Son
Figuring Out & Doing His Own Schedule ]
[ He’s Beginning To See How His Life Doesn’t Have To Be So
Dull ]
[ She’s Big On Not Wanting To Waste Time During The Day ]
[ She Works Hard Too ]
[ & She Deserves Her Pay ]
[ She Never Walks Around Our House Demanding That She
Should Always Get Her Way ]
[ She Does & Will Speak Up When She Wants To Have Her Say ]
[ She Is So Determined In School To Get That Degree ]
[ She Definitely Knows That College Isn’t Free ]
[ Both Me & My Wife ]
[ Are Proud To Watch Her ]
[ As She Pays Her Own Way In Life ]
[ I’m Sure There’s Been Lean Times To Where She Just Could
Have Given Up In School ]
[ When I See How She Pushes Herself ]
[ I Know I’m NOT Looking @ A Fool ]
[ Many DSP’s Before Her Have Come & Not Stayed ]
[ Some Were So Lazy They Should Never Have Been Paid ]
[ How Were We So Lucky To Have Her Be The DSP For Our Son? ]
[ If This Was All A Game ]
[ Then I’d Have To Say That We Won! ]
[ Thank You Rotti, You Deserve Every Compliment I Gave ]
[ I Better End This Story ]
[ & Hit Save ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(947)▪︎[ Hello, How Are Things? … 11•12•2020 ]
[ Hello Kirsten, How Have You Been? ]
[ I Have Not Seen You Since I Don’t Know
When ]
[ I Have Missed Your Advice ]
[ I Have Missed Your Professional Touch ]
[ You Are Always So Nice ]
[ & You Don’t Let Me Slack Too Much ]
[ Now My Circumstances Have Changed ]
[ You Are Always So Smart ]
[ You Have Probably Already Rearranged ]
[ Of What I Can Do & What I Can Not ]
[ My Neck Is Not Doing So Well ]
[ & My Back Is Not So Hot ]
[ With My Surgery Two Days Ago ]
[ You Know ]
[ That Is Why I Was Moving So Slow ]
[ You Let Me Lay On Some Ice For My Back ]
[ Then You Put Your Cold Hands On My Neck ]
[ & I Thought ( OH, THERE’S ANOTHER ICE PACK ) ]
[ The Way That You Break Down The Problems &
Terminology Amazes Me Everytime ]
[ The Way That You Are, The Way That You Do
Things ]
[ Gives Me Plenty Of Reasons To Write You A
Complimentary Rhyme ]
[ Every Session With You, You Are So Sweet ]
[ When Ever You Are My P.T. ]
[ It Is Such The Treat ]
[ Whenever You Treat My Neck ]
[ You Give & Get ]
[ So Much Respect ]
[ Ms. Pope Is Very Good & Nice, But She Is
Not You ]
[ I Believe In Giving Credit ]
[ When & Where Credit Is Due ]
[ Next Time I Want To Hear About Your Wedding
Ceremony ]
[ I Hope You Have For Me ]
[ Lots Of Pictures To See ]
[ Hello To Your Husband & Young Son ]
[ Having A Child @ That Age Is Alot Of Fun ]
[ I Hope It Is Not Too Long Before I See
You Again ]
[ Because Until The Next Time The Thought Comes
Across My Brain ]
[ This Poetic Story Will Come To An End ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(427)▪︎[ The Waves … 4•28•2020 ]
[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Are Soooo Relaxing ]
[ Being In The City Is Overly Taxing ]
[ Imagining The Waves Is Very Soothing ]
[ It’s Your Stress ]
[ That It’s Smoothing ]
[ Wave After Wave Comes Crashing In ]
[ You Know Where It Ends ]
[ But You Have No Idea Where They Begin ]
[ Is It Way Way Out There In The Middle? ]
[ If You Were Dumped In That Water ]
[ You Would Be As Visible ]
[ As A Thimble ]
[ In A Pile Of Hay ]
[ You’d Never Want To Die That Way ]
[ Back To Soothing Your Mind ]
[ You Will Think Of The Waves ]
[ When You Are In A Bind ]
[ & Remember The Sounds ]
[ But There Will Be No Boats, No Sailing, No Cruises ]
[ You Feet Will Be Planted Firmly On Dry Ground ]
[ Waves Are An Amazing & Oftentimes Frightful Act Of Nature ]
[ If There Ever Would Be A Time That You Turn Your Back
To The Ocean ]
[ You Would Not See, Hear Or Sense The Danger ]
[ That You Put Yourself In ]
[ You Will Not Know That You Were About To Fight For Your Life ]
[ With A Force Of Nature That Usually Wins ]
[ Sneaker Waves Can Come In About Three-Stories High ]
[ You Wouldn’t Even Have The Time ]
[ To Wave Goodbye ]
[ When It Crashes Over You & Pushes You Down Into The Sand ]
[ All It Wants To Do ]
[ Is Pull Me Away From Dry Land ]
[ As You Frantically Struggle To Survive ]
[ Your Will To Live ]
[ Keeps You Alive ]
[ When You’re Able To Run To The Sand That’s Dry ]
[ & Say That You Weren’t Scared ]
[ Your Eyes Would Tell Everyone That Was A Lie ]
[ Then You Thought (WHAT SHOULD I HAD EXPECTED?) ]
[ (WHEN THE OCEAN FELT DISRESPECTED?) ]
[ Then You Sat There, With A Tear In Your Eye ]
[ That A Careless Mistake ]
[ Almost Caused You To Die ]
[ As Memories Of Your Life Flashed ]
[ You Heard The Water Splash ]
[ You Just Thought ]
[ It’s Kind Of Sad As You Watched The Waves Come To An End ]
[ The Waves Really Showed ]
[ That Water Can Break & Bend ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(903)▪︎[ Will She Stay? … 10•27•2020 ]
[ What Do I Find Irritating About This ABC? ]
[ Just Maybe ]
[ She Doesn’t Act As Respectfully ]
[ To Me ]
[ Like She ]
[ Should Be ]
[ She Acts Like She Is All Hard & From The Hood ]
[ & She Tries To Impress Others ]
[ Because They Think That Is Good ]
[ I Don’t ]
[ & I Won’t ]
[ I Can Literally Say Never ]
[ Ever! ]
[ I Have Some Concerns ]
[ Right Now There’s Something About Her That Rubs
Me Wrong ]
[ Through The Years I Hope That I Have Learned ]
[ That If My Gut Feeling Is Strong ]
[ I Need To Listen To That Little Voice ]
[ & Keep My Poise ]
[ Then Make A Good Conscious Choice ]
[ On Whether Or Not She Should Stay ]
[ Or Come Back Tomorrow ]
[ For Another Day ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(442)▪︎[ Nobody Has … 5•2•2020 ]
[ Do You Know Who Is Stabbing Who? ]
[ While They Are Shaking Hands With Whom? ]
[ Will It Really Bother You? ]
[ To Know Who Just Left The Room? ]
[ When He Left, He Just Walked On By ]
[ He Neither Said (HI) ]
[ Or (GOODBYE) ]
[ Why Was That, You Wonder Out Loud? ]
[ It Is Not Like You Were In The Middle Of A Crowd ]
[ Then You Could See ]
[ How He Would Not Want To Be Seen ]
[ After What He Just Did To Someone You Consider A Friend ]
[ & Then That Friend Asked Me ]
[ (WHERE DOES THIS END?) ]
[ You Wonder Why ]
[ Did He Lie? ]
[ What Did He Have To Gain? ]
[ Why Was He Acting So Vain? ]
[ When He Was Inflicting Pain? ]
[ Why Did He Seem So Pleased? ]
[ When Was Pulling Up Weeds? ]
[ He Did Not Have The Willpower ]
[ To Learn The Differences ]
[ Between One Flower ]
[ & Another On The Other Side Of The Two Fences ]
[ Will You Ever Trust ]
[ Him Ever Again? ]
[ Though It’s Not A Must ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(426)▪︎[ Finger Pointing … 4•28•2020 ]
[ What To Do, What To Do? ]
[ If Your Foot Was In The Other Shoe ]
[ Would You Be Singing A Different Tune? ]
[ Even If It’s Before The Afternoon? ]
[ It Doesn’t Feel Good To Be On The Wrong Side Of The
Pointing Finger ]
[ When There Is An Allegation ]
[ In A Lot Of The Public’s Mind
[ Accusations Longer ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(747)▪︎[ Commanding Voice … 12•15•2022 ]
[ It Is 430 In The Morning & I Cannot Sleep ]
[ I Guess I Could Lay Here & Count 1400 Sheep ]
[ That Had Never Worked For Me Before ]
[ 1400, 1401, 1402 … ]
[ Are There Going To Be More Coming Through My
Bedroom Door? ]
[ Why Has That Technique Never Worked For Me In
The Past? ]
[ Maybe I Forget Which Number Was Last ]
[ Maybe I Concentrated Too Much On The Number ]
[ & Forgot About The Slumber ]
[ I Think That The Morning Will Come Soon ]
[ Should I Take A (2) Hour Nap @ (12) Noon? ]
[ Then Once Again It Will Be A Fight ]
[ To Squeeze Out Any Sleep @ Night ]
[ I Think ]
[ This Would Not Be The Reason ]
[ That I Would Start To Drink ]
[ Would I Had Gotten So Drunk ]
[ I Could Then Stand Next To The Bed & Go
(KERPLUNK) ]
[ Go Face First On To The Bed ]
[ Then In The Morning ]
[ I Would Have To Deal With The Constant Pounding
In My Foggy Head ]
[ Would It Had Been Worth It? ]
[ When The End Result Made You Feel Like Shit? ]
[ Nothing Would Be Worth That? ]
[ Then … ]
[ To Top It Off You Crossed Paths With A Big Black Cat ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(901)▪︎[ I Am Sad … 10•26•2020 ]
[ Right Now My Mood Is On A Downward Slide ]
[ My Best Friend Might Be Saying Goodbye ]
[ Her Priorities Have Completely Shifted ]
[ Thoughts & Worries Are Now A Huge Weight On
Her Mind ]
[ & I Can’t Help Her Lift Them ]
[ She Has To Go Back To Her Original Home ]
[ Her Leaving Day Is Not Known ]
[ It Hurts That Small Corner Of My Heart ]
[ That She Has Touched ]
[ My Level Of Sadness Is Off Of The Chart ]
[ I Need To Find The Courage ]
[ To Continue To Encourage ]
[ & Not To Be Selfish ]
[ & Say Things That Might Discourage ]
[ Family Is Everything To Her Family ]
[ That Is One Thing That I Could Always See ]
[ The Thoughts Sure Do Hurt ]
[ I Sweat Through My Shirts ]
[ I Admire Her Total Commitment ]
[ To Her Mom ]
[ & That Has Put Her In This Predicament ]
[ But She Does Not See It That Way ]
[ @ Least That Is How She Said These Things To Me
Today ]
[ I Have My Fears ]
[ That We Will Completely Lose Touch ]
[ & That Made Me Have Tears ]
[ I Have To Stand Tall ]
[ Against The Wall ]
[ & Put My Hands On My Hips ]
[ Make Sure That My Support For Her ]
[ Doesn’t Slip ]
[ & No Matter How Much These Thoughts Hurt ]
[ Continue To Bite Hard On My Lip ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(897)▪︎[ No Sleeves … 10•25•2020 ]
[ You Really Need To Stop Wearing Your Heart On
Your Short Sleeve ]
[ You Have To Face The All Too Bright, Plain Facts ]
[ People Leave ]
[ Some Other Facts Made You Look So Dumb ]
[ You Have Been Fooled So Many Times Before This ]
[ You Should Already Be Completely Numb ]
[ (WOW!) ]
[ You Have Not Learned By Now? ]
[ How Many Times Have You Been Roasted Then Burned? ]
[ Why Have You NOT LEARNED?! ]
[ Each & Every Single Time ]
[ All Of These Fake People ]
[ Have Proven That They Would Steal Your Last Dime! ]
[ & Of Course ]
[ None Of Them Have 1 Ounce Of Remorse ]
[ What Should You Actually Expect? ]
[ Respect? ]
[ That Is Not What I Get ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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