[ As The Sun Rises To Make The Morning Light ]
[ I Peer Outside ]
[ To Find That The Sun Is So Bright ]
[ Just Two Hours Ago It Was Really Dark ]
[ This Time Of Night ]
[ It Would Not Be Wise To Walk Alone In The Park ]
[ Sometimes There Are People There With Intentions That Are
Not All Too Nice ]
[ In The Park Downtown ]
[ I Think That Has Happened More Than Twice ]
[ What Is There To Do ]
[ When A Man Has His Sights On Someone ]
[ Will They Have A Clue ]
[ That Person Is Screwed ]
[ Because That Person Had Such A Bad Attitude ]
[ & His Goal Is To Be Rude ]
[ But The Useless Salem Cops Stop Him, Just To Let The Guy Go ]
[ When It Comes To The Salem P.D. ]
[ It Is Always Based On Who You Know ]
[ Even If The Detectives Were Given Good Evidence ]
[ They Would Probably Go To ]
[ The Wrong Residence ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(318)▪︎[ No Pity, Here … 4•27•2022 ]
[ Everyone Has A Backstory Of Their Very Own ]
[ They Can Write About It In An Email ]
[ Or Call Somebody On Their Phone ]
[ Some Like To Tell It While They Are On The (SHARK TANK) Show ]
[ Why Do They Do That? ]
[ Does Anyone Know? ]
[ Is It To Get A Better Deal? ]
[ Is It To Get A Free Meal? ]
[ NO … The One That Cries ]
[ Buys ]
[ & This Is Not Like Going To Burger King ]
[ The Last Time We Got Food From There ]
[ I Took (2) Bites & I Did Not Completely Eat The Burger Thing ]
[ It Actually Made Me Feel Ill ]
[ I Would Not Buy Another ]
[ Even If It Would Only Charge Me (1) Dollar Bill ]
[ No One Had The Perfect Childhood ]
[ Sometimes The Day Was Hard Or Bad ]
[ Sometimes Exciting Or Good ]
[ But There Are Ones Who Really Look For Pity ]
[ While Talking To Someone In The City ]
[ They Don’t Deserve It ]
[ If They Are Asking For It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(308)▪︎[ Black Eye … 4•25•2022
[ There Sure Is A Whole Lot Of Angst Going On Out In
Society Right Now ]
[ Society Was Just Walking Around ]
[ & Then POW ]
[ The ‘VID19 Struck! ]
[ It Hit So Hard ]
[ Nobody Had Time To Duck ]
[ & Then We Were Stuck ]
[ Stuck Inside ]
[ Society Was Not Even Able To Take This In Stride ]
[ There Were Whispers About It (1) Day ]
[ & Then Boom ]
[ It Was Like An In-Law That Over Did Their Stay ]
[ The World Has Had It’s Epidemics ]
[ Before ]
[ But This Became A Pandemic ]
[ As It Burst Through The Door ]
[ No Knocking, No Ringing Of The Doorbell ]
[ You Knew You Tested Positive ]
[ When You Lost Your Sense Of Taste & Smell ]
[ That Made Everybody To Quarantine In Place ]
[ Not Tomorrow Or The Next ]
[ No, You Were Supposed To Quarantine En Haste ]
[ The World Lost More Than ½ A Million People ]
[ That Put Some Families In A Deep Hole ]
[ Because Some Families Lost The Person Who Used To Steer
Their Ship ]
[ They Used To Be A Beacon Of Light ]
[ But Now They Are Just A Blip ]
[ Some Ships Are Rudderless ]
[ Reaching Down & Pulling The Pin Of Their Duress ]
[ Getting On The Radio That The Distress ]
[ Is Truly A Mess ]
[ Then What Is This (CANCEL CULTURE?) ]
[ Is It A Population Vulture? ]
[ Something That Comes Down From The Sky & Shouts ]
[ (YOU’re OUT!?) ]
[ Confusing In The Least ]
[ Once Again … Was This From The East? ]
[ The World Cannot Keep Blaming Them ]
[ They Are Not Always The Problem ]
[ The Problem Is US!! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(252)▪︎[ Today’s Scourge … 2•25•2021 ]
[ Sometimes You Should Climb Up On A Tall Ladder &
Look Down @ The World System ]
[ & See That It Is In Fact Broken ]
[ Go To The Beach & See The Broken Coral ]
[ Then Go Downtown & See All Of The Broken Morals ]
[ The Kids Do Not Got ]
[ Any ]
[ Because Their Parents Never Taught ]
[ Them Many ]
[ Now It Is Legal To Stay In Their House ]
[ & Get High ]
[ That Is How He Lost His Spouse ]
[ Because All He Did Was Tell Lie After Lie ]
[ Because He Was Always High He Lost The Ability ]
[ To Tell What Is Reality ]
[ That Kind Of Thinking Gets Handed Down To Their Young
Children ]
[ That’s Why Their Grades Start To Tank ]
[ But The Parents Never Knew Since When ]
[ Children’s Brains Are Nothing But Sponges Ready To Soak
Up All That They See & Hear ]
[ Who Do They Go To When Things Are Not Very Clear? ]
[ If Their Parents Are Always A.W.O.L. Or High ]
[ They Turn To Their Peers ]
[ The Problem Was The Peers Did Not Know More Than They Did ]
[ Because It Was (1) Kid Asking Another Kid ]
[ The Lone Parent @ Home Is Aways Foggy ]
[ Or Groggy ]
[ Making Marijuana & Mushrooms Legal Has Been Like A Curse ]
[ & Made The Family Structure Even Worse ]
[ The Gap Between The Haves & The Have Not’s Is Growing Wider
& Wider By The Year ]
[ Because The Crime Rate Is So High ]
[ People Are Living In Fear ]
[ There Are Plenty Of Students In College Hitting The Books ]
[ Plenty Default On Their Student Loans ]
[ Because They Can Only Get A Job Being Cooks ]
[ The World Needs Cooks Because We All Need To Eat ]
[ Some Of Us Cannot Afford To Buy Pork, Chicken Or Beef ]
[ There Is Something That Is Good To Know ]
[ The Government Says That Unemployment Is @ An All Time Low ]
[ The Public Either Wants To Quit Or Create A Union ]
[ Religious Shows Have Many Followers ]
[ Because There Are Millions Of Catholics Wanting To Take
Holy Communion ]
[ But They Will All Find That It Does No Good ]
[ & That Is Not Thinking That Things Are Misunderstood ]
[ Good Is Bad ]
[ & Most Children Do Not Grow Up With A Loving Dad ]
[ I Guess You Could Say That Men Are The Scourge Of Today’s
Earth ]
[ Some Have Been Evil Since Birth ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(975)▪︎[ Well, Do You? … 11•22•2020 ]
[ Do You Have The Drive ]
[ To Strive ]
[ For Doing The Best While You Are Alive? ]
[ Or Do You Throw A Fit? ]
[ Then Sit ]
[ While You Quit ]
[ Not Wanting To Deal With Anymore Of It? ]
[ It, Being Life ]
[ Then Not Listen To Your Husband Or Wife ]
[ Then Turn Off The Daylight ]
[ Then, While Looking Into The Night ]
[ You Lose Sight ]
[ Of The Right ]
[ Fight ]
[ Selling Your Soul ]
[ To Attempt To Figure Out Your Whole ]
[ Role ]
[ & Then Learn What You Need To Bring ]
[ To Take Your Place ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things ]
[ Do You Know ]
[ Whether To Go ]
[ Fast Or Slow? ]
[ If Someone Says ( NO! ) ]
[ Will You Find The Need ]
[ To Read ]
[ The Instructions To Complete The Deed ]
[ That Makes You Succeed? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(971)▪︎[ How? … 11•20•2020 ]
[ What Do You Do When You Feel Tormented? ]
[ About Something ]
[ That Was Commented ]
[ In Such The Most Sarcastic Way ]
[ It Is More In Their Tone ]
[ Than Just What They Say ]
[ Tone Can Say Alot ]
[ Tone Can Really Put Someone On The Spot ]
[ Do You Out Think Yourself In Your Head ]
[ & Ask Over & Over ]
[ (WAS THAT WHAT HE REALLY SAID?) ]
[ Then You Know ]
[ That You Really Need To Let This Go ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1273)▪︎[ Which Direction? … 10•28•2019 ]
[ When You Go Outside During The Night ]
[ Don’t Look Down @ The Ground ]
[ Look Out Over The Lights ]
[ Not The Lights Coming From The Cars ]
[ Look @ The Lights Coming From The Stars ]
[ The Stars That Are Way Up High ]
[ When You Live In The Country ]
[ The Stars Seem To Cover The Sky ]
[ You Can Be Short Or Tall ]
[ When You Look Up @ The Sky You Feel So Small ]
[ You Can Stand In A Field Of Flowers ]
[ & Feel Weak ]
[ From The Loss Of Your Powers ]
[ & That Took Minutes Not Hours ]
[ Where Do You Go From This Point Of Your Life? ]
[ Do You Have To Walk Towards The Light? ]
[ From All That I Know ]
[ You Don’t Have To Go ]
[ & When You Say [ NO ] ]
[ That Frees You Up For Other Things ]
[ Like Going Overseas To Meet Some Actual Queens & Kings ]
[ Leaving The Country Is Not Always The Best ]
[ The Stress ]
[ Can Press ]
[ On Your Chest ]
[ Can You Forge Ahead Not Really Knowing To Go Which Direction ]
[ When You Make A Decision ]
[ Can You Make Any Corrections? ]
[ Or Can You Get By ]
[ Making Decisions On The Fly? ]
[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & Then Find Out Your Window Is Gone? ]
[ Maybe The Best Thing To Do Would Be To Look Within? ]
[ You Might Find The Strength To Once Again, Begin ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(618)▪︎[ Closed Mind … 7•9•2020 ]
[ So That Is How Things Look To You ]
[ & It Does Not Matter What I Say Or Do? ]
[ That Has Always Been Your Point Of View ]
[ Everytime That He Is Over There He Has Your Ear ]
[ & During All Of This Time ]
[ My Voice Stays Here ]
[ But You Don’t Care ]
[ To Give Me The Same Amount Of Time To Clear The Air ]
[ You Hear Only One Side Of The Story & You Are Satisfied ]
[ & You Don’t Care If You Were Told A Handful Of Lies ]
[ You Are Hooking Your Cart To The Wrong Horse ]
[ He Is Your Grandson ]
[ So You Say (OF COURSE!) ]
[ Well When Things Are Said & Done ]
[ You Really Need To Look @ The Source ]
[ His Way Of Doing Things Is To Conquer & Divide ]
[ Then He Makes You See Only His Side ]
[ I’m 57 Years Old & I’ll Put My Reputation Against His Any Day ]
[ I’ll Always Come Out On Top ]
[ In Every Way ]
[ & I Do Not Need To Stand Up & Plead My Case ]
[ You Have Such A Closed Mind About All Of This ]
[ The Effort & Time Would Just Be A Waste ]
[ I Hold My Head Up High During My Life ]
[ What Have You Heard From Him Or My Wife ]
[ I Am So Very Sure ]
[ That When It Comes To Me ]
[ You Have Not Been Painted A Really Good Picture ]
[ But That Does Not Hold Much Weight You See ]
[ Because It Has Not Been Signed With MY Signature ]
[ You Are Only Judging Me Through What You Hear, Not Actually
From What You See ]
[ You Have Never Heard The Complete Story ]
[ Completely ]
[ If You Don’t Want To Hear IT ]
[ Than I Do Not Care To Hear Any Of Your Bullshit ]
[ You Can Judge Me All That You Want Wendy ]
[ But Keep Your Remarks To Yourself ]
[ Because I’ve Already Heard Too Many ]
[ This May All Sound Rude Or Crude ]
[ It Is All Because The Remarks & Judgements ]
[ Has Changed My Attitude ]
[ About You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(621)▪︎[ Live & Learn … 10•5•2022 ]
(To My Beautiful Wife …)
[ I Often Think About The Nights When I Talked To This Stranger ]
[ Everything Was Friendly ]
[ Then One Day I Thought My Heart Was In Danger ]
[ The Stranger Eventually Became My Wife ]
[ There Were Many Times That She Saved My Life ]
[ Figuratively ]
[ & Literally ]
[ My Life Was Stuck In Neutral, When We Met ]
[ I Was Sad Every Night Whener She Left ]
[ We Would Talk For Hours About Real Life Things ]
[ About Happy Moments ]
[ & What In Your Life Really Stings ]
[ She Checked Every Box On The List Of (SHE MUST) ]
[ @ The Start Of Our Friendship ]
[ Romance Wasn’t Just ]
[ It Did Not Fit With Me Yet ]
[ I Could Not Fathom How Far This Union Would Get ]
[ 26.5 Years & Still Counting ]
[ Problems Will Always Be There ]
[ They Are Not @ The Moment Mounting ]
[ It Is A Wonderful Feeling Knowing That You Get To Wake-Up
Next To Your Best Friend & Partner All In One ]
[ The Bad Times Are Hard ]
[ But The Good Times Are Alot Of Fun ]
[ We Give Alot More Hugs Than Bump Heads ]
[ She Helps Me Remember, Dispense & Purchase All Of My Meds ]
[ I Remember The Days When I Thought That All We Would Be Was
Good Friends ]
[ This Definitely Is Not One Of Those Dead-Ends ]
[ I Am Not Saying To Run Out & Date Someone From Your
Inner Circle Right NOW ]
[ It Worked For Me ]
[ But I Can Not Tell Anyone A (WHY) Or A (HOW?) ]
[ It Just Worked ]
[ She Married Me & My Quirks ]
[ I Don’t Ever Leave The Seat Up Whenever I Use Her Toilet ]
[ Whenever She Goes In After Me, I Want To Tell Her She
Has No Need To Fret ]
[ I Don’t Have Caveman Manners Or Grew Up In A Barn ]
[ There Will Be No Screams From Downstairs ]
[ Unless Someone Hid The Yarn ]
[ The Big Things Are No Longer A Big Deal ]
[ Because The Person Beside Me Is Real ]
[ Dating A Good Friend Does Not Always Work Out ]
[ It Usually Is Filled With Many Days & Nights Of Doubt ]
[ But Don’t Pout ]
[ Love Can Find You When Your Back Is Turned ]
[ But Many Times Someone Gets Burned ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(620)▪︎[ Does My Dog Drink? … 10•4•2022 ]
[ My Dear ‘Ole Dog Likes To Drink ]
[ I Think ]
[ I See Mounds Of Dirt ]
[ In One Of Them I Can See ]
[ My Favorite Old Shirt ]
[ Maybe Because It Smells Like Me ]
[ It Probably Gave Her Some Good Memories ]
[ I Know That She Loves To Dig ]
[ Sometimes She Moves Dirt With her Nose ]
[ Like A Pig ]
[ But One Day I Dug Down Into Her Mounds ]
[ I Was Amazed In @ What I Found ]
[ I Thought That She Had Put On A Few Pounds ]
[ A Couple Of Years Back, She Chastised Me Because I Did Not
Notice Her Gray Hairs ]
[ They Seemed To Be Growing On Her Chin In Pairs ]
[ THAT Was The Reason Why I Noticed Her Weight Gain ]
[ @ First I Wanted To Refrain ]
[ But I Could Not Figure Out, The One Question That Stumped
Me As I Got Older ]
[ Would She Go Up To An Older Man ]
[ & Tap Him On The Shoulder? ]
[ She Had Such Brazen Fire Irons & She Could Talk To Anyone ]
[ She Would Think That Would Be A Great Deal Of Fun ]
[ That Technique Of Getting Alcohol Predates Even Me ]
[ But It Could Cost Alot ]
[ It Wasn’t Free ]
[ You Would Have To Buy Your Alcohol Plus Give The Stranger
A Big Tip ]
[ I Did Not Want To Give A Rip ]
[ But I Did ]
[ My Confidence Slid ]
[ My Innocent Looking Dog Has A Really Mean Glare ]
[ When She Locks Onto Your Eyes You Wish That You Were
Not There ]
[ It Actually Hurts The Eyes ]
[ You Could Be A Nice Woman ]
[ Or One Of The Toughest Guys ]
[ I Ended Up Not Confronting My Dog ]
[ I Thought That It Would Be Okay ]
[ To Live My Life Like A Bump On A Log ]
[ My Dog Eventually Found The Reason To Try Sobriety ]
[ She Has Been Talking A Bunch To This Older Male Kitty ]
[ Who Am To Split Them Apart? ]
[ I Don’t Have The Heart ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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