(421)▪︎[ William W. … 6•21•2022 ]

[ Today’s Caregiver Is A Young Man Named William & He
     Is Quite Tall ]
[ He Has A Proud & Authoritative Voice That Would Be
     Heard By All ]

[ He Told Me That He Stands Tall @ 5′ 7″ ]
[ His Presence Has Him Standing @ 5′ 11″ ]

[ He Seems To Not Care Of Feet Or Inches ]
[ He Looks Like He Has Nerves Made Out Of Steel ]
[ So I Bet He Rarely Flinches ]

[ I Asked For His Last Name, So … ]
[ I Could Find A Word That Rhymes With Show ]

[ He Is A Very Young (36) ]
[ Given The Chance Or Choice ]
[ Those (2) Numbers Put Together Would Not Be My Picks ]

[ The Last State That He Lived In Before He Came Here ]
[ Was Our Neighbor Up North ]
[ He Did Not Shed A Tear ]
[ Knowing That He No Longer Had To Keep Driving Back & Forth ]

[ His Girlfriend Already Lived Here Working As An Accountant
     Counting Numbers ]
[ I Bet Balancing A Checkbook Does Not Cause Her To
     Slumber ]

[ William Told Me Stories About What Living In Kenya Was Like ]
[ I Don’t Think The Dominate First Name Would Be Mike ]

[ He Told Me About A Situation That Happened In A Mall ]
[ I Did Not Ask If It Happened In The Spring, Summer, Winter Or
     Fall ]

[ Earlier When We Were Talking I Could Not Remember A Specific
     Word ]
[ This Wasn’t One That I Have Regularly Heard ]

[ I Laughed @ Myself Because I Told Him That I Would Probably
     Remember It Days From Now ]
[ The Problem Would Be How? ]

[ A Couple Of Hours Later I Remembered The Word That Should
     Not Had Been Too Hard ]
[ The (2) Words Were (NATIONAL GUARD) ]

[ We Have Talked About A Wide Variety Of Subjects ]
[ I Feel That We Never Talked About Any Of Them Out Of Context ]

[ I Don’t Think That There Would Be A Subject That William Could
     Not Talk About ]
[ I Am Glad That He Has A Calm Demeanor & Does Not Shout ]

[ Of All Of The States He Could Have Lived In, He Picked
     This One ]
[ He Is Good Addition To Or e Gun ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(347)▪︎[ Like An Open Book … 5•10•2022 ]

[ Where Do I Begin? ]
[ When Do I Let You In? ]

[ Why? ]
[ Should I? ]

[ When I Let Someone In, I Feel As Vulnerable As An Open Book ]
[ Just Laid Out For Anyone To Peer Inside To Take A Look ]

[ Some Give Me Sympathy ]
[ Some Give Me Empathy ]

[ Some Look Away ]
[ Some Run Away To Stay ]

[ Away For Good ]
[ Because They Misunderstood ]

[ The Message In Front Of Them ]
[ So They Choked On Their Own Phlegm ]

[ & Almost Gasped ]
[ As They Tried To Grasp ]

[ The Meaning ]
[ Because To Them, They Thought That The Message They Were
Sent Was Demeaning ]

[ Some Ran ]
[ Because They Did Not Understand ]

[ The Ones That Stayed ]
[ Felt That It Was Knowledge That They Gained ]

[ Because Is There No Such Thing As Right Or Wrong? ]
[ Weak Or Strong ]

[ If You’re Weak, Someone, From Somewhere, Will Want To Get
Over On You ]
[ Why? ]
[ Because That Is What Some People Do ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(918)▪︎[ Today’s News … 11•1•2020 ]

[ So Many People In Today’s News ]
[ Push & Push ]
[ Their Own Personal Views ]

[ They Say That I Must Like Them Because Of That & This ]
[ & My Only Reply To That Is ( YOU WISH! ) ]
[ Their Name & Personal Cause Is Not On My List ]

[ I Only Like Someone Because I Want To ]
[ So That May Never Be You, You Or You ]
[ & I Am Sure You Know ]
[ That Is Not Something New ]

[ My Views Are Made By Me ]
[ & Only Matters To Me ]
[ & Is Only Shared By Me ]

[ Let Me Get My Opinion About You On My Own ]
[ So Now That I See That Is Going To Be Your Tone ]
[ There Is The Door ]
[ Then Leave Me Alone! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(023)▪︎[ Sleep … 1•7•2022 ]

[ True Solace Could Be Everywhere ]
[ Sometimes True Solace Cannot Be Found Anywhere ]

[ True Solace Needs To Be Discovered ]
[ & Uncovered ]

[ Society Has Told Most Of The People That They Are Sheep ]
[ The Rest Of Society Is Told To Not Make A Peep ]
[ When They Are In A Deep ]
[ Sleep ]

[ But When They Wake ]
[ What Is Their Mistake? ]

[ Do They Look Where They Are Not Supposed To? ]
[ Some People Are Doing ]
[ What They Are Not Supposed To Do ]

[ Some Sheep Go Looking For Trouble ]
[ All Of Their Lives ]
[ They Were Raised In A Safe Bubble ]

[ But Now, Trouble Can Be The The Big Bad Wolf Who Wears
Disguieses ]
[ That Doesn’t Make The Sheep The Wisest ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(021)▪︎[ Another Bust … 1•6•2022 ]

[ Well, Another One Bites The Dust ]
[ She Wasn’t Here Long Enough To Scrape Off The Rust ]

[ It Might Have Been Because Of A Harmless Text ]
[ Then She Abruptly Put A Stop Out There, So There Would
     Not Be A Next ]

[ The Way Hers Came Across, Was Very Rude ]
[ It Was Short, Like A Tweet ]
[ But It Came Across With Alot Of Attitude! ]

[ You Thought That The (2) Days That She Was Here Went Okay ]
[ If Things Were This Bad, What Didn’t She Say? ]

[ You Wish That Only The Grown-Ups Would Pull Up A Chair @ The
     Adult Table ]
[ Do Things Like This, Only Happen In A Fable? ]

[ Sometimes You Are Your Worst Enemy ]
[ You Just Want People To See Who You Can Be ]

[ You Could Be Light Hearted Most Of The Time ]
[ But Always Have To Remember That Mountain To Climb ]

[ That Mountain Is Called Life ]
[ Everyday You Try To Do What Is Right ]
[ So You Don’t Run Around Wielding A Knife ]

[ Or Running With Scissors Through The House ]
[ Would Not Go Over To Well With Your Spouse ]

[ But This Woman Turned Into A Spoiled Little Girl ]
[ Sitting There Not Paying Attention ]
[ Concentrating By Playing With Her Curls ]

[ She Complained About Complaints That Never Was ]
[ She Did It To Get Out Of The Assignment ]
[ & Just Because ]

[ She Was A Bitch In Sheeps Disguise ]
[ So You Could Not Get Out Of The Way Of This Persons Lies ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(010)▪︎[ Oh … It’s You! … 1•3•2022 ]

(Disclaimer … This Is All Fiction of Course)

[ There Is No Bigger Thrill ]
[ Than Going Up & Down The Aisles Of Wahlgreens ]
[ When You Have Time To Kill ]

[ But Sometimes You Find Time To Sit ] 
[ By The Pharmacy ]
[ Listening To The People Standing Around Talking About A
     Variety Of Shit ]    

[ The Blonde, Older Woman Hurrying From Aisle To Aisle ]
[ Looking @ This & That ]
[ Sometimes, Stopping For Awhile ]

[ Then Listening To The Daddy Talking About Steve Jobs &
     Stocks ]
[ Looking @ The Kid ]
[ You Could Tell, That He Won’t Be Wearing Out Too Many
     Jocks ]

[ Another Daddy Coming Out Of The Bathroom, With Chatty
     Kids ]
[ The Couple In Front Of You Giving Each Other A Kiss ]

[ The Line Keeps Getting Longer & Longer ]
[ The Smell Of Body Odor Keeps Getting Stronger & Stronger ]

[ Finally Your Wife Gets To The Front ]
[ & She Has To Speak To The Pharmacy Tech Very Blunt ]

[ (I WANT MY MEDS) She Shouts ]
[ & That Brings The Store Manager Out ]
[ To See What All Of The Shouting Is All About ]

[ Then He Locks Eyes With Your Wife & Says (OH, IT’s YOU!) ]
[ Then She Shouts Back (WOW, SHERLOCK, WHAT WAS YOUR
     FIRST CLUE?!) ]

[ No Other Guy ]
[ Should Lock Eyes ]
[ With Your Wife, While Figuring Out Her Size ]

[ Your Wife Will Not Back Down From Any Guy Or Gal ]
[ She Is So Smooth ]
[ They Would Leave Thinking That They Made A Lifetime Pal ]

[ But Money Is Money ]
[ Don’t Be Dripping Hate On The Counter & Calling It Honey ]

[ They Might Get Smacked ]
[ If They Try To Pass It Off Like That ]

[ The Manager Looked Pretty Rough ]
[ Then Came Back Acting All Tough ]

[ He Took His Time To Roll Up Each Sleeve ]
[ He Gave Her A Huge Discount ]
[ So She Would Not Leave ]

[ My Wife Made Him Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]

[ That Is (1) Of Many Things That My Wife Is Good @ ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(251)▪︎[ Once Upon A Time … 3•10•2020 ]

[ Once Upon A Time, In A Land Far Far Away ]
[ There Was This Boy Who Wanted To Runaway Just For
That Day ]

[ But Then He Sat & Thought (THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO REASONS) ]
[ (WHY I SHOULDN’T STAY AWAY FOR MANY SEASON’s?) ]

[ It’s Been Made Perfectly Clear ]
[ That Only His Dog Wants Him Here ]

[ Those Thoughts Used To Tug @ His Heart ]
[ But He’s Getting Used To Getting Hit By Darts ]

[ Now He Doesn’t Feel The Pinch ]
[ & It Only Goes In Less Than An Inch ]
[ The Main Thing That He Is Proud Of ]
[ Is ]
[ That He Doesn’t Flinch ]

[ That Used To Really Get To Him Before ]
[ Because It Made The Others ]
[ Laugh So Hard, It Had Them Laughing Until They Fell
To The Floor ]

[ (SO BE IT I GUESS) Is What He Thought ]
[ He’s Not ]
[ Going To Argue About What He’s Got ]

[ He Wasn’t Raised To Be A Fool ]
[ He Knows That Some Things In Life Can Be Used As A Tool ]
[ Those Are The Things & Examples That You Treat Like
A Jewel ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(681)▪︎[ Wait For Later In Your Life … 8•9•2020 ]

[ Be A Tomorrow Person & Don’t Settle On What You Are
Doing Now ]
[ Celebrate Your Accomplishments Later ]
[ & Then Say ( WOW! ) ]
[ But Don’t Be A Hater ]
[ & Need To Know How ]

[ Accomplishments Are Great When You Can Reminisce About
The Years That Have Gone By ]
[ Talk About Them ]
[ Brag About Them ]
[ Just Don’t Lie ]

[ It Is Good To Share ]
[ With People Who Care ]
[ But Never With A Person Who Does Not Believe That You
Were There ]

[ You Know You Were, So You Should Never Have To
Prove You Were ]
[ Your Intentions Are Pure ]
[ That Showed That You Were Sure ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(680)▪︎[ Get Up … Get Up! … 8•8•2020 ]

[ Sometimes It May Seem Like Life Is Beating You Down ]
[ Then When You Look Up ]
[ The View You Have Is That Of Looking Up From The Ground ]

[ How Did You Get There? ]
[ Laying On The Ground Looking Up Into The Air? ]

[ You Dust Yourself Off, Then Wipe Off Your Hands ]
[ Then You Look To The Sky ]
[ & Say Thank You For Another Chance ]

[ The Chance To Screw Up Again? ]
[ Then You Realize ]
[ That Screwing Up Is Not A Sin ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(679)▪︎[ What Side? … 8•7•2020 ]

[ Okay … You Need To Look @ Things From MY Side ]
[ Does That Get You To Open Your Eyes Really Wide? ]

[ You Seem To Think That Yours Is The Only Side To See ]
[ That Is Not True ]
[ For Me ]

[ You Say I Don’t See Your Side Only When I Don’t Agree
With You ]
[ We Are Two Totally Different People ]
[ Who Has Two ]
[ Totally Different Points Of View ]

[ From What You Have Grown Up Doing & Experiencing
Makes Us Who We Are ]
[ There Are Many Nights ]
[ When I Know I’m Not The Brightest Or Shiniest Star ]

[ I Try To Always Understand What You Are Talking About ]
[ But Sometimes I Don’t ]
[ Those Are The Times When We Needed To Talk It Out ]
[ But Those Times I Won’t ]
[ Be Filled With Doubt ]

[ When I Don’t Think That You Don’t See Mine ]
[ & Since I Don’t Scream & Shout ]
[ You Think That Is Fine ]

[ & We Don’t Discuss Those Points Anymore ]
[ You Don’t Seem To Mind ]
[ That My Concerns Are Left On The Floor ]

[ I Don’t Think You Care ]
[ & That’s Not Fair ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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