[ Okay! ]
[ What Can I Write Or Say? ]
[ To Help You Get Through What You Went
Through Last Night ]
[ & What Continues Today? ]
[ Big M, This Is What I’ll Share ]
[ Because I Care ]
[ & To Let You Know ]
[ That Were So Many Times That I’ve Been
There ]
[ We Both Have Walked In Many & Different
Shoes ]
[ So We Both Have Our Different Views ]
[ We Find Our Own Clues ]
[ By Reading The Social Cues ]
[ You May Never Know ]
[ How The Next Day Will Go ]
[ But I Bet ]
[ I Have Never Liked, Worried, Cared About & Respected ]
[ Another Person That I Have Never Met ]
[ … Yet! ]
[ I Have Written So Many Stories About Having You
In My Life ]
[ That The Only People That I Have Written More Of ]
[ Is Maria & My Wife ]
[ Because You Two Are The Kind ]
[ Of People ]
[ That Are So Frequently On My Mind ]
[ From The Very First Time That She Told Me
About The Man Who Caught Her Eye ]
[ & Stole Her Heart ]
[ I Immediately Told Her (OH I’ve GOT TO MEET
THIS GUY!) ]
[ Just Ask Her ]
[ Because That Is NOT A Lie ]
[ I Tell This To Very Few ]
[ But I Will Say This To You ]
[ Because I Need To ]
[ We Are All Not Done With Each Other Here ]
[ Is That Perfectly Clear? ]
[ Now I Know That I’m Not In The Circle Of People
That You Really Care About ]
[ But That Doesn’t Make Me Sit In The Corner & Pout ]
[ I’ll Still Write Stories That Will Encourage ]
[ During This Time Where You Feel Discouraged ]
[ Never Give Up Your Power ]
[ To See What Comes Up Next ]
[ Minute Or Hour ]
[ I Will Never Say Any ( EVERYTHING HAPPENS
FOR A REASON ) Crap ]
[ I Have Never Heard That In A Rap ]
[ This Is All Up To You, Big M ]
[ Keep Your Head Held High ]
[ & Don’t Dip Your Chin ]
[ & I’ll Just Sit Here ]
[ If You Ever Need An Ear ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(930)▪︎[ Be The One … 11•6•2020 ]
[ Every Single Day, Celebrate Life ]
[ Enjoy The Light ]
[ Sleep When It’s Dark ]
[ Keep Your Drive Going ]
[ Don’t Let Your Mind Stay In Park ]
[ You Can Yield When You Need To ]
[ But Then Go Back To Do What You ]
[ Want & Need To Do ]
[ Always Move Onward ]
[ Always Upward ]
[ Going Forward ]
[ Should Be Your Only Direction ]
[ Thank Those That Are Kind Enough ]
[ To Help You Make The Appropriate Corrections ]
[ That Seems Tough ]
[ Learn Who Is A Good Influence In Your Life & Who Is Not ]
[ Then Hug, Cherish, Respect, Honor & Love ]
[ Those Few That You’ve Got ]
[ Don’t Spend Another Minute Of Your Time For Those
That You Kicked To The Curb ]
[ Spend Time With The Positive Ones Who Deserve The Time
& Effort ]
[ That Would Help You Make A Better Verb ]
[ Sleep & Rest As Hard As You Play ]
[ Think About The Positive Things That Happened During
The Day ]
[ Then Try To Figure Out A Way ]
[ To Keep The Negative Thoughts @ Bey ]
[ Build On What Has Been Good ]
[ When Common Sense Says You Should ]
[ & Build It In Stone ]
[ Not Wood ]
[ Build A Base That Is Rock Solid Not Hollow ]
[ Be A Voice Of Reason ]
[ Be The Type Of Person That Others Want To Emulate
& Follow ]
[ Don’t Be The Follower ]
[ Take The Lead ]
[ & Be The Caller ]
[ Look Low Then Look High ]
[ Be That Type Of Girl Or Guy ]
[ That People Want To Look Up To ]
[ Be One Of The Very Few ]
[ That Gives Their Word ]
[ & Then Comes Through ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(007)▪︎[ The Collections … 1•3•2022 ]
[ A Baseball Card Collection That May Be Up To A Million ]
[ An Extensive C.D. Collection Without A Single C.D. Of
Bob Dylan ]
[ Several Different Collections, None Like The Other ]
[ Some C.D.’s You Would Not Play In Front Of Your Mother ]
[ It Would Not Be The Intent ]
[ Just The Content ]
[ They Do Not Talk About Brotherly Love The Whole Time ]
[ & They Don’t Admit ]
[ To The Crimes ]
[ They Might Commit ]
[ Some Of Your Collections Date Back To The Sixties ]
[ What Is Better Than That? ]
[ Well A Baseball Card Or (2) Dating Back To The 1950’s ]
[ You Have Sports Illustrated Magazines Further Back Than
You Can Remember ]
[ Some Are From The Months Of January ]
[ Clear Through The End Of December ]
[ You Have Pennies, & Nickels Coming Out Of Your Ears ]
[ You Have Collective Coins Dating Back For Over (30) Years ]
[ You Used To Have A Coin Collection Of Only Nickels ]
[ No, You Do Not Have A Collection Of Old, Empty Beer Cans
& Dried Up Pickles ]
[ You Guess You Could Have If You Wanted To ]
[ Well … You Never Wanted To ]
[ You Have A Collection Of Newspapers That Rivals No One ]
[ Way Back Then, You Used To Collect Them For Fun ]
[ Michael Jordan Magazines & Cards ]
[ Now Collecting Anything LeBron James Is Becoming Quite
Hard ]
[ Things Are Swooped In As Fast As Crazy ]
[ When It Comes To Collecting Stuff ]
[ Nobody Ever Called You Lazy ]
[ What Will Your Wife Do With All Of Your Collections Once
You Die ]
[ You Are Not Telling A Lie ]
[ You Don’t Know ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(008)▪︎[ His Wares … 1•3•2022 ]
[ Wherever Good Is Trying To Happen ]
[ Bad Is There To Stop It ]
[ It Is Always Just A Matter Of When ]
[ Good Things Don’t Stay Good For Very Long ]
[ & Sometimes You Need A Cord That Has (2) Prongs ]
[ It Would Not Be A Bad Choice ]
[ It Just Wasn’t The Right Choice ]
[ Maybe The Right Choice In A Different Situation ]
[ You Will Have To Get Someone Else’s Attention ]
[ It Does Not Matter ]
[ If You Hear The Pitter Patter ]
[ Of Something On The Roof ]
[ Because Nobody Needs The Proof ]
[ That Old St. Nick Was There ]
[ To Share ]
[ His Wares ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(469)▪︎[ My Friend, Brie … 7•19•2022 ]
[ People May Wonder Why ]
[ That I Hate Telling A Good Friend Goodbye ]
[ It Is Too Final ]
[ Then That Would Make Me Live In Denial ]
[ It Seems Like It Wasn’t Too Long Ago That We First Met ]
[ It Took Awhile Before Our Mon. & Tue. Schedule Was Set ]
[ It Took A Few Weeks Before You Brought Alex Into This
Friendship ]
[ Getting Close To Him Was Not A Hardship ]
[ He Is Quite The Confident & Secure Man To Not Be Bothered
By What You Do ]
[ When I Became Your Client ]
[ That Meant Alex Came, Too ]
[ I Really Enjoy Your Playfulness With Each Other ]
[ Do Not Model The Behavior Of His Mother ]
[ Anyone Around You (2) Can See How In Love With The Other You
(2) Are ]
[ To Each, The Other, Is The Brightest Shining Star ]
[ Thank You For Letting Me Share A Little Bit Of Your Life ]
[ You Instantly Made Me Feel Comfortable ]
[ Along With My Wife ]
[ My Feeling Of Security With You, Is Beyond Reproach ]
[ I Think, For Me, You Are Much Better Than A Life Coach ]
[ You Never Laughed When You Saw My Bare Belly ]
[ You Did Not Mind My Dancing To The Songs By Nelly ]
[ This Is Breaking My Heart, I Have To Say ]
[ When I Think Of Bad Times ]
[ I Will Try Not To Point To This Day ]
[ I Know That Change Sometimes Makes You Stronger ]
[ But I Wanted You To Stay @ Least (2) Years Longer ]
[ If You Brought A Bag Inside Of My House, I Was Never
Wary ]
[ I Was As Cautious Around You As Much As I Would Want
To Have A Chest That Was Hairy ]
[ I Always Felt Secure In Those Strong Hands ]
[ Your Hands Were As Strong As Any Mans ]
[ All Of That Work On The Farm Really Does Make You Strong ]
[ If Someone Was To Brag About That ]
[ They Would Not Be Wrong ]
[ You Shared Your Time & I Shared My Space ]
[ I Was Always So Happy Whenever You Showed Up @ My Place ]
[ With A Smile Across That Pretty Face ]
[ You & Alex Have Some Possible Life Changing Events Coming
Up In Your Near Future ]
[ I Will Always Be Just A Phone Call Away ]
[ To Listen & Nurture ]
[ You Were Very Rare ]
[ When It Came To You Being My Caregiver ]
[ You Did Not Steal From Anywhere ]
[ You Never Asked For A Penny Your Whole Time ]
[ No Penny, Nickel Or Dime ]
[ I Trusted You In My Room Without The Need To Watch Over
Your Shoulder ]
[ My Confidence Concerning Caregivers Around My Room ]
[ Has Definitely Dipped As I Get Older ]
[ Someday Will You Come & Help Me Bake ]
[ Some Muffins ]
[ Or Cake? ]
[ (76) Days Sure Did Fly By ]
[ I Better End This Before It Makes Me Cry ]
[ You Will Be Terribly Missed, Brie ]
[ Thank You For Taking Care Of Me! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(049)▪︎[ He Faultered … 1•16•2022 ]
[ They Say That Voting Is Your Constitutional Right ]
[ To Get This In The Past ]
[ Citizens Actually & Literally Put Up A Fight ]
[ To Get What The People Wanted ]
[ (FREE TO VOTE) Is What They Taunted ]
[ It Is What They Want ]
[ It Was Their Taunt ]
[ But For Most Of Your Adult Life, You Chose Not To Vote ]
[ But That Is Not The Reason For This Subject ]
[ That You Wrote ]
[ This Used To Be Something You Did Not Talk About ]
[ Because If Someone Raised Their Voice ]
[ You Knew That You Needed To Shout ]
[ To Get Your Point Across ]
[ But, It Is Never To Say That You Are The Boss ]
[ Then You Ask (DOES REDBULL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU WINGS?) ]
[ If That Was True ]
[ You Could Be King ]
[ But If You Are Not Centered ]
[ You Will See The Bad That Has Entered ]
[ If You Can’t Have A Kind Soul ]
[ Being Their Enemy Is Their Number [1] Goal ]
[ That Is Not How They Wanted This To Play Out ]
[ But You Got Faster, Kinder & Better ]
[ They Will Shout ]
[ You Never Voted Because You WERE Lazy ]
[ You Always Thought All Of The Choices Looked Crazy ]
[ You Never Put In The Effort To Investigate The Choices ]
[ You Had Never Taken Time To Listen To Their Voices ]
[ So You Had No Idea What Separated One From Each Of The
Others ]
[ But You Would Not Be Voting For Their Mothers ]
[ So Instead Of Voting Blindly ]
[ You Did Not Take To Anyone Too Kindly ]
[ But Than A Horrible Game Show Host ]
[ Got Elected To The Country’s Highest Post ]
[ How The Hell Did This Happen You Asked ]
[ The Real Satan Was Unmasked ]
[ But There He Was, Trying To Bend The Country Over Once
Again ]
[ During The Last [4] Years ]
[ All He Did Was Commit Sin After Mortal Sin ]
[ You Thought About What You Could Do ]
[ To Keep Him From Going Through Round Number [2] ]
[ So You Voted After Reading The Issues ]
[ If He Was To Win You Would Need A Case Of Tissue ]
[ Even Though He Said That The Ballots Were Altered ]
[ He Burned Up & Faultered ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(037)▪︎[ Dream Interrupted … 1•12•2022 ]
[ Sometime A Dream ]
[ Is Not What It Seems ]
[ Could It Be About A Bunch Of Lies ]
[ Coming @ You While Wearing A Disguise ]
[ A Sunny Day Could Switch To A Big Dark Cloud ]
[ Then Your Quiet, Serene Dream, Would Become Really Loud ]
[ You Were Not Prepared For This ]
[ There Was No Such Word Like (STORM) On Your Nightly Dream
List ]
[ This Is Nothing On The Information Form ]
[ For Pushing The Letter (C) ]
[ To Make It The Norm ]
[ Letter (C) Was Always Calm ]
[ It Never Gave You An Ice Cold Palm ]
[ Why Do The Black Clouds Follow You, Coming Out @ The
Worst Moments ]
[ When You Are So Spent ]
[ After A Day Of Searching For True Solace ]
[ All You Do Is Get Yourself Into Another Mess ]
[ In Your Dream You Were Looking For True Solace, But Got
Interrupted ]
[ The Good Dream Never Continued ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(047)▪︎[ Aces Over Kings … 1•15•2022 ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ It Would Be Best If You Had Aces Over Kings ]
[ That Is When It Will Do No Harm ]
[ If You Went & Bet The Farm ]
[ Win, Lose Or Draw ]
[ All You Could Lose Is (10) Acres Of Straw ]
[ But That Is Where You Have Called Home For The Last (23)
Years ]
[ Alot Of Games To Cheer ]
[ Too Many Nights Of Tears ]
[ Sometimes What You Want May Not Be Best For You ]
[ Maybe In Your Whole Life ]
[ Things May Not Work Out A Time Or Two ]
[ The Mornings Always Brought New Days ]
[ More Sun-Rays ]
[ New Adventures By Noon ]
[ Then Set The Table For Dinner ]
[ Set A Plate, Fork, Knife & Spoon ]
[ Good Food ]
[ Good People ]
[ Festive Mood ]
[ Everynight Here ]
[ There Is Always A Festive Atmosphere ]
[ Everynight There Is A Different Meal ]
[ Steak, Hot Dogs, Vegetables & Barbeque Eel ]
[ Then It Won’t Sound Mean ]
[ If You Ask To Use The Latrine ]
[ Sometimes When No One Is Around ]
[ You Will Eat Or Drink Something That You Cannot Keep Down ]
[ It Is No Disrespect To The Cook ]
[ But Maybe You Will Lose Your Lunch When & Where No One
Would Look ]
[ Sometimes The Best Intentions ]
[ Do Not Make The Best Inventions ]
~ Ka ha hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka Hoa ]
[ A Hui Hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
[🤙]
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(041)▪︎[ Voicemail … 1•13•2022 ]
[ Wow, That Was A Voice From Your Past ]
[ You Are So Glad That You Did Not Go Through Those
Messages Really Fast ]
[ You Could Have Sailed Right By Those (3) ]
[ You Are So Glad That You Had That Curiosity ]
[ You Really Miss His Calls & His Voice ]
[ You Would Not Have Thought Of Anything But Giving Him A Choice ] ]
[ Your Brother Brent ]
[ Went ]
[ Way Too Young ]
[ (1) Thing That Never Happened ]
[ He Never Held His Tongue ]
[ Brother Brent Did What He Thought ]
[ His Vote Or Opinions Could Never Be Bought ]
[ With His Intelligence I Never Could Understand Why He Voted
The Way That He Did ]
[ But In Reality ]
[ That Choice Would Have Hated Him Since He Was A Kid ]
[ Because Brother Brent Was Not Blond Haired & Blue Eyes
& Pale ]
[ He Never Went To College @ Yale ]
[ He May Have Followed Him But It Would Not Have Been
Reciprocated In The Least ]
[ But He Chose To Follow The Beast ]
[ From The East ]
[ His Voicemail Segments Can Stay Forever ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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(461)▪︎[ Lights … 7•15•2022 ]
[ As I Wake In The Night ]
[ The Sun Is So Bright ]
[ I Noticed That My Pillow Was Hard ]
[ While I Stood There Playing Cards ]
[ So I Flip On The Light Switch & Everything Goes Dark ]
[ This Is All Happening As I Go For A Swim In The Park ]
[ After I Towel Off, Why Do I Feel So Wet? ]
[ The Sun Will Be Shining Tonight ]
[ I Bet ]
[ I Really Should Not Bet With Money I Don’t Have ]
[ If I Lose ]
[ I Will Tell Them A Joke To Make Them Laugh ]
[ Cats Are Barking & Dogs Are Purring ]
[ When I Am On The Wrong Side Of The Street ]
[ My Vision Starts Blurring ]
[ Mouthwash Will Do The Trick ]
[ It Is Also Very Helpful ]
[ When My Stomach Feels Sick ]
[ Cars Are Now Peddaling On The Left Side Of The Road ]
[ That Is When Bicycles Are In The Helicopter Mode ]
[ But I Must Know, The Secret Code ]
[ Flowers Taste Yummy ]
[ For My Tummy ]
[ Hey There’s My Neighbor @ Her Desk Floating Down The
Stream ]
[ As I Stand There Blinking ]
[ I Think That This Seems ]
[ Like A Dream ]
[ But It Can’t Be, Because I Have My Boots On ]
[ Is All Sanity Gone? ]
[ I Open The Umbrella In The Kitchen To Protect My Eggo
Waffles From Getting Soggy Because Of The Rain ]
[ Soggy Eggo Waffles Are Something That I Disdain ]
[ The Heater In My Room Turns On When The Sun Rises ]
[ Does That Mean The Dark Nights Will Be Full Of Surprises? ]
[ A Good Scare ]
[ Has Never Helped A Single Person Grow Chest Hair ]
[ All Kinds Of Creatures Hiding Down In The Trees ]
[ & A Boy Is Looking For Trouble If He Finds That Hive Of Bees ]
[ But A Woman That Is With Him Goes By The Name (THE BEE
WHISPERER) ]
[ When You Have A Locust Infestation ]
[ You Don’t Call Her ]
[ Now Why Would That Come Up? ]
[ It Would Be Like Asking You For A Plate ]
[ & You Give Me A Full Red Solo Cup ]
[ Do I Trust The Ingredients After What Hppened Last Time ]
[ What He Did, Should Have Been Called A Crime ]
[ I Asked For Whole Milk & You Gave Me Skim ]
[ Don’t You Know That The Best Thing About Whole Milk Is
Drinking That Thick, Fatty Film? ]
[ I Think That I Have Been Away From The Farm City ]
[ Now I Have Been Relegated To Feeding My Girlfriend‘s (11)
Kitties ]
[ When All Of The Cats Start Barking @ The Same Time ]
[ It Is As Quiet As A Nursery Rhyme ]
[ When There Is A Bathtub On Your Roof ]
[ You Would Never Question What Happened To That Last Tooth ]
[ You Are In The Realm Where Nothing Makes (5) Cents ]
[ But You Don’t Want To Come Home ]
[ Look In The Backyard Just To Find (2) Tents ]
[ You Do Not Know Who They Belong To ]
[ But Whoever They Are ]
[ They Lost One Green Shoe ]
[ One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Was Right Next Door ]
[ @ First They Tried To Make The Movie Into A Horror ]
[ The Sun Is Coming Up Over The Ocean Blue ]
[ If That Is Whacky Thinking ]
[ I Never Knew ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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