[319]▪︎[ Remember? … 4•28•2022 ]

[ Go Swiftly Into The Night ]
[ Without A Fight ]
[ Waiting For The Uplifting Morning Light ]

[ Nighttime ]
[ Should Not Be Frightime ]

[ It Should Be A Time Of Relaxation ]
[ It Should Not Be A Time Of Consternation ]

[ Anxiety Is The Worst When It‘s Dark ]
[ You Hear The Wind & The Hard Rain ]
[ Contrasted By The Occasional Dog Bark ]

[ There Are No Lights On Your Street ]
[ There Is No Moonlight To Let You See The Person You Might
     Meet ]

[ There Are Moonless Nights When You Can’t See Your Hand
      When It Is Right In Front Of Your Face ]
[ That Is When You Have Your Keys In Your Left Hand ]
[ & The Right Hand Has A Tight Grip Of Your Canister Of Mace ]

[ It Is Not Because Of The Occasional Neighborhood Kid
      Flying By On His Mountain Bike ]
[ It Is Because Of Your Past & The People You Did Not Like ]

[ Your Past Took You Down Many Winding Paths Where Nobody1
     Likes To Go ]
[ You Just Do Not Want To Run Into Someone That You
     Used To Know ]

[ Back Then You Were Ashamed & Embarrassed  By The Things That
     Used To Occupy Your Time ]
[ While Others Were Making Bank ]
[ You Could Not Even Find A Dime ]

[ You Know That Is All In The Past? ]
[ When You Put Your Heart Into It ]
[ You Made A Change Really Fast ]

[ Nobody Is Perfect By Any Means ]
[ But People Have To Choose (1) Side Or The Other ]
[ There Is No Such Thing As Being In-Between ]

[ Pick (1) With All Of Your Best Effort ]
[ & Stay Out Of Prison ]
[ Always Remember Your Dates In Court ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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[316]▪︎[ Such Good Care … 4•25•2022 ]

[ I Have Had Caregivers (CG’s) For @ Least The Last (6) Or (7)
     Years Now In My House ]
[ Some Haven’t, But Most Have ]
[ Met My Spouse ]

[ Most Of Them She Approved ]
[ A Couple Of Them I Had To Call Their Agency ]
[ To Have Them Removed ]

[ (2) CG’s Planned A Burglary That Really Did Me Wrong ]
[ When We Came Home After A Day Away ]
[ I Noticed That Alot Of My Belongings Were Gone ]

[ That Knocked My Sense Of Trust Against The Wall ]
[ But Then The Good, Honest & Hard Working CG’s That I Have
     Come To Have ]
[ Showed Me That Kind Of Thinking Wasn’t Thought By All ]

[ CG’s Run The Gamut Of How Society Is Like ]
[ Some Are Qualified To Drive A Car ]
[ While Others Only Know How To Peddle A Bike ]

[ Most CG’s Are Hard Working, Loving Women ]
[ They Will Do Most Anything ]
[ They Just Need To Be Told The How, If & When ]

[ I Like Consistency When It Comes To Who Is In My Home ]
[ When The Doorbell Rings ]
[ It Is Always The Unknown ]

[ More CG’s Are On The Honest Side ]
[ As Opposed To The Many CG’s That Have Stolen From Me & Lied ]

[ CG’s Are Such A Big Help When They Are Here On Shift ]
[ When The CG & I Have A Good Connection ]
[ She Is A Tremendous Lift ]
[ & Her Care Is A Life Saving Gift ]

[ A Good CG Far Outweighs The Bad ]
[ A Good CG Does Not Come To My Door Sad ]
[ A Good CG Holds Off From Getting Mad ]
[ Being A Good CG Is Not A Fad ]

[ Having A Caring CG Is Really Nice ]
[ But The One’s That Come Across Like Ice ]
[ Do Not Come Here Twice ]

[ Really Good CG’s Are Really Hard To Find ]
[ A Good CG Is A Special Kind ]

[ Of Woman ]
[ Not A Man ]

[ They Just Do Not Have The Caring In Them ]
[ A Good CG Is Never A (HIM) ]

[ I Have Zero Control On Who Is Sent ]
[ I Could Put 1,000 Thank You’s In A Bucket ]
[ & Say (THAT WAS TIME WELL SPENT) ]
[ When It Comes To Good Days & Nights With My CG’s ]
[ That Number Does Not Make A Dent ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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[011]▪︎[ So … 1•5•2021 ]

[ Frustration Sets Out All Over The Land ]
[ Because All People Hear ]
[ Is Demand After Demand After Demand ]

[ Everyone Is Demanding, But Nobody Is Doing ]
[ & If Someone Screws Up ]
[ Others Will Be Suing ]

[ People Can Sue ]
[ Because Of What Others Do ]
[ & If They Don’t Like You ]
[ They Can Sue You, Too ]

[ & People Named Jack Or Jill ]
[ Could Be Working On Bills ]
[ Or Pills ]

[ Others ]
[ Could Be Talking With Brothers ]
[ & Or Mothers ]

[ But Why ]
[ Would Others Lie? ]

[ They Won’t Know ]
[ So ]
[ Then They Have To Go ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[003]▪︎[ That Is How I Want It … 1•2•2021 ]

[ It Is A Completely New Year, But It Is The Same Kind Of
Treatment ]
[ If Nothing More ]
[ It Seems Like A Clear Statement ]

[ A Statement Saying That (THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED) ]
[ The Priorities Have Not Been Rearranged ]
[ But Maybe Pre-Arranged ]

[ Arranged To Somome Else’s Liking ]
[ It Would Not Be Because I Like Hiking ]

[ Because I Just Like To Walk ]
[ While I Talk ]

[ Because I Must Confess ]
[ That There Is Nothing More ]
[ Or Nothing Less ]

[ Because You See ]
[ That Is Just How I Like Things To Be ]
[ For Me ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[290]▪︎[ Drunk In The Trunk … 4•21•2022 ]

[ Awile Ago I Wrote A Story About My Drunk Dog ]
[ After My Dog Proof Read It ]
[ She Allowed Me To Post It On My Blog ]

[ Whenever My Blog Got A (LIKE) On Her Story I Would Let
     Her Know ]
[ She Would Point Her Nose Up & Bark (SO) ]

[ Sad To Say She Is Still Drinking Until She Gets Drunk ]
[ (1) Day I Could Not Find Her Until I Heard Snoring
     Coming From The Car Trunk ]

[ My Dog Has Never Been Accused Of Being Boring ]
[ It Was Entertaing Listening To Her Snoring ]

[ My Dog Is A Really Good Functioning Alcoholic ]
[ She Drinks To Excess Every Night On The Days That End
     In (Y) ]
[ She Has Never Called In Sick ]

[ I Cannot Get Her Off Her (MD20/20)
[ In Her Doghouse ]
[ I Have Found That She Always Has Plenty ]

[ Why Can’t She Be A Good Dog, Instead Of The Hassle She Is ]
[ (1) Night She Was So Drunk ]
[ She Was Chasing Some Of The Neoghbohood Kids ]

[ She Doesn’t Go Goth ]
[ She Eats Some Dish Soap ]
[ So All The Kids Thinks She Is Ill Because Of The Froth ]

[ I Always Have To Explain To The Neighbors Who Has The
     Thought In Their Head ]
[ I Tell Them (NO, SHE IS NOT ONE OF THE WALKING DEAD!) ]

[ My Son Thinks That I Should Not Tell Them ]
[ I Just Don’t Want My Drunk Dog To Become A Problem ]

[ I Sure Am Glad That She Does Not Have Access To The Car Keys ]
[ Than She Would Go Wherever She Pleased ]

[ Well She Does This Now ]
[ To The Degree Of Alcohol She Guzzels ]
[ I Have No Idea How ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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[005]▪︎[ The Yin & The Yang … 1•2•2022 ]

[ Learn. Fail. Learn. Fail. Learn More ]
[ Be More Flexible Than A Board ]

[ The (LEARN/FAIL) Combination Should Happen Throughout
Your Life ]
[ With The Exception Of Picking A Husband Or Wife ]

[ You Don’t Want To Have A Spinning Door When It Would Come
To Picking A Spouse ]
[ Then Having A Good Cat To Chase Down That Lone Mouse ]

[ All Through Life You Should Be Learning ]
[ The Desire Should Always Be Burning ]

[ You Have Never Met The Guy ]
[ That Is As Good As It Gets ]
[ On The First Try ]

[ But You Have To Make It Known ]
[ It Is Not Easy To Write A Poem ]

[ It Takes Quite A Long Time ]
[ To Write A Story That Will Rhyme ]

[ Even Having A Family There Are Times Of (LEARN/FAIL) ]
[ But It Might Be Too Late If Your Child Is Headed To Jail ]

[ But Jail/Prison Has Their Own Set Of Rules ]
[ But Those People Never Used All Of Their Tools ]

[ They Should Have Learned While Growing Up ]
[ Some People Never Filled Up Their Learning Cup ]

[ Learning & Failing Is All About Growing ]
[ But You Should Never Think That You Are All-Knowing ]

[ They Say That To Be Tough Is To Fragile ]
[ To Be Tender Is To Be Truly Fierce ]
[ With Most Things In Life, Learning Is Gradual ]

[ Would That Be The Yin & The Yang Of The Universe? ]
[ Either Do Or Succumb To This Way ]
[ Or Things Could Get Alot Worse? ]

[ Fragile, Is The Opposite Of Tough ]
[ The Opposite Of Smooth, Is Rough ]

[ You Must Know (1), To Know The Other ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Go Through The Discipline Of The
Father ]
[ To Truly Appreciate The Comfort Given To You By The Mother ]

[ Fail/Learn, Fail/Learn ]
[ Sometimes The Whole Lesson Is A Serious Burn ]
[ Or Gives You Something To Yearn ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[283]▪︎[ It Is Not Always A Bad Word … 4•18•2021 ]

[ A ][ 283 ][ IT IS NOT A BAD WORD … 4•18•2022 ]

[ To Some, The Word ]
[ Suicide ]
[ Is The Ugliest One That They Have Ever Heard ]

[ It Is Not The Easiest Way Out ]
[ It Is A Shout ]

[ For Help ]
[ Maybe It Is Because Of Their Health ]

[ I Watched My Dad Take His Own Life ]
[ Right When I Thought That I Was Starting Mine With Him ]
[ After He Came Back Over To Hawaii To Save Me From His Abusive
Wife ]

[ He Was Drunk & Arguing With His Girlfriend After Going To
Their Favorite Bar ]
[ It Was So Close ]
[ They Had No Reason To Use A Car ]

[ But From What The Police Found ]
[ There Were (2) Indentions On The Used Round ]

[ I Cannot Say That I Know What Was On My Dad’s Mind ]
[ @ The Time ]

[ His Actions Showed That He Had Been Thinking About
Murder/Suicide ]
[ Since The Round Did Not Fire The First Time, He Was The Only
Person That Died ]

[ Why Did He Want To Commit Murder? ]
[ Why Did He Want To Hurt Her? ]

[ He Never Left A Suicide Note ]
[ I Never Saw What He Wrote ]

[ If There Was Ever Anything To Read ]
[ A Note Explaining Himself To Leave ]

[ It Was A Downright Crime ]
[ That I Never Had Any Time ]

[ For Him To Be My Father ]
[ Maybe He Could Have Told Me About The Reasons For Being
Split From My Brother ]

[ I Wanted My Father To Teach Me For Many Years ]
[ I Am Sure I Shed Alot Of Tears ]

[ I Try To Remember Him (26) Years Later ]
[ It Would Be So Easy To Grow Up As A Hater ]

[ But I Haven’t, Why Should I? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[286]▪︎[ Being Fake … 4•18•2022 ]

[ Now The Best Thing That You Could Do ]
[ (YOU JUST NEED TO DO, YOU) ]

[ There Are No Longer Taker’s ]
[ Or Fakers ]

[ Isn’t That A Big Lie ]
[ But You Will Never Be Told Why ]

[ People Love Originality ]
[ People Want To See Your Personality ]

[ When Someone Is Being Fake & It Shows ]
[ What Would Be The Reason? ]
[ Nobody Knows ]

[ There Will Never Be A World When No One Fakes ]
[ Or Takes ]

[ There Will Always Be Someone Who Wants What Is Not Theirs’s ]
[ Not Everyone Will Be Generous & Shares ]

[ There Will Always Be (2) Countries @ War ]
[ There Will Be (1) Protecting Their Country ]
[ & (1) Ruler Of A Country Who Is Greedy & Evil Right Down
     To Their Core ]

[ Now It Does Not Matter ]
[ The Gender ]

[ It Was So Easy To Be Fake When Everyone Was Wearing Their
     Personal ‘VID Protection Device ]
[ Because You Couldn’t Tell If They Are Giving You Their Fake Nice ]

[ Who Could See You Being Angry Or Sorry ]
[ Did Your Eyes Show Your Worry? ]

[ You Would Have Been Worried When The First Customers Went
     Into A Bank Wearing A Mask ]
[ Than The Tellers Held Their Breath ]
[ Wondering What The Customer Would Ask ]

[ For ]
[ Once The Customer Came Through The Door ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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[279]▪︎[ In Life … 4•16•2022 ]

[ In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ Are You Positive In What You Bring? ]

[ Some People Bring Love ]
[ In The Form Of A White Dove ]

[ Others Bring Hate ]
[ In The Form Of An Angry Mate ]

[ (2) People That Live Together ]
[ Feed Off Of Each Other ]

[ (1) Is Home Being Sad ]
[ The Other (1) Coming Home Not So Glad ]

[ A Word, A Gesture, A Negative Look ]
[ Some Words, Then A Flying Book ]

[ Then It Becomes World War (12) ]
[ Lately … They Have Not Been Doing Too Well ]

[ (1) Is Combustible & (1) That Follows ]
[ Not Always Knowing If The Words That Are Being Thrown @
Them ]
[ Are True Or Hollow ]

[ It Is Like Having Words Put Down In Front Of Them & They
Have To Find The Words That Were True ]
[ They Are Not Always In The Color Of Blue ]

[ & Where The Animals Are Not Tamed ]
[ But You Never Know The Neighbors Name ]

[ Why Does This Roommate Always Find Someone Who Abuses? ]
[ There Are No Right Answers ]
[ & There Are No Excuses ]

[ For Staying ]
[ There Are Always Reasons For Delaying ]

[ Everyone Has Seen You Pout ]
[ When You Were Put Out ]
[ & You Had Doubt ]

[ That Things Would Ever Stay The Same ]
[ Why Would You Go Back To The City Of Blame ]

[ You Have Bad Ideas Whichever Way That You Turn ]
[ Aren’t You Tired Of Getting Burned? ]

[ It Has To Be Taking Its Toll ]
[ It Has To Hurt Deep Down In Your Soul ]

[ Does Any Of This Ring A Bell? ]
[ Or Is Your Common Sense Shot To Hell? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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[014]▪︎[ How Does She Matter? … 1•4•2022 ]

[ Does She Really Matter In Life? ]
[ The One & Only Woman That You Will Call Your Wife? ]

[ If She Does ]
[ Is It Just Because? ]

[ Or Are The Reasons For This ] 
[ On A Generic (TO-DO) List? ]

[ Who Made It, Is There Is Always (1) For Each Man? ]
[ He Does What He Can Do ]
[ & He Does What He Can? ]

[ If It Involves Finances, Then That Is A Whole Different Horse ]
[ No (2) Men Are Alike ]
[ Neither Is Their Financial Source ]

[ Some Can Get It From A Rich Mom Or Dad ]
[ Another Is Checking The Newspaper For A Want-Ad ]

[ That Would Be The (3) Letter Word That Rich Kids Do Not Like ]
[ If Suzy Did Not Have To Get A Job, Why Does Mike? ]

[ The Biggest Way To Show A Woman That She Matters ]
[ Help Her Raise A Couple Of Kids That Goes (PITTER/PATTER) ]

[ Children To Be Exact ]
[ They Are Actually ½ Yours ]
[ & That Is A Matter Of Fact ]

[ Another Way Is To Wait ]
[ (12,000,000 Times Plus (8) ]

[ Sometimes You Take Her Fully Charged, Phone Chargers To
     Make Sure ]
[ They Show Up In Her Purse ]
[ For Her ]

[ She Also Shares Them With Me ]
[ You Think That Is Why You Always Want Her To @ Least Have
     (2) or (3) ]

[ You Are By The Phone For Every One Of Her Breaks ]
[ You Wait & Wait, No Matter How Long It Takes ]

[ There Are Other Scenarios & Different Ways ]
[ Different Times, Different Days ]

[ In Places To Eat, She Always Goes First ]
[ No Matter Your Hunger ]
[ No Matter Your Thirst ]

[ Even Though You Get There By (9) ]
[ Your Wife Always Goes In Front You ]
[ If There Happens To Be A Line ]

[ Not To Sound Mean ]
[ But Sometimes You Do Things For Your Wife That Are Never
     Seen ]

[ You Will Always Wait For Her Outside Of Every Bathroom ]
[ You Will Wait For Her As The Groom ]

[ You Might As Well Do This Waiting Thing From The Very Start ]
[ The Way That You Show That She Really Matters ]
[ Is When You Give Her Your Heart ]

[ Through Years & Years Of This  You Have Learned ]
[ That Even Though You Have That You Have Earned ]
[ None Of These Behaviors Will Ever Be Returned ]

[ That Can Not Be The Reason That You Do All Of This ]
[ Expecting Something For Yourself Would Be Hit & Miss ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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