[ Where Is The Elusive Unicorn ]
[ I Feel That I’ve Been Searching For Her ]
[ For Over 21 Years After I Was Born ]
[ What City, Or State Should I Look? ]
[ There Is No (UNICORN) Definition ]
[ In Any Magazine Or Book ]
[ Does She Have Black, Brown, Red Or Blonde Hair ]
[ Is Her Skin Tan, Or Fair? ]
[ I Won’t Know ]
[ Until I See Her Standing Right There ]
[ Will She Ever Stand In One Place ]
[ So I Could Turn Her Around ]
[ & See Her Face ]
[ Does Every Guy Search For A Unicorn Of Their Own? ]
[ Or Is This Quest ]
[ For Me, To Complete All Alone? ]
[ I Climb Up On Every Perch ]
[ In Sight ]
[ So I Can Search & Search ]
[ Until There Is No More Light ]
[ I Hear The Tic-Tok, Tic-Tok ]
[ Of The Wall Clock ]
[ I Get Tired After A Walk ]
[ Around The Block ]
[ Then The Alarm Clock Goes Off & Shakes ]
[ Every Morning ]
[ This How I Wake ]
[ Nothing Is Boring ]
[ After The Deep Breath’s I Take ]
[ Through All This Time It Seems ]
[ That The Unsuccessful Search Has Just Been In My Dreams ]
[ Because My Dream Told Me That My Unicorn Has Always Been
In My House ]
[ For When I Look In The Bed Next To Me ]
[ My Unicorn Has Always Been My Spouse ]
[ For The Last 26 Years Of My Life ]
[ My Unicorn Has Always Been My Beautiful Wife ]
[ & Some People Swear That Dreams Never Come True ]
[ But From My View ]
[ Mine Has ]
[ So I Wish Yours Does Too! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[674][ Las Vegas … 7•2•2021 ]
[ Las Vegas Is Such A Wonderful Town ]
[ We Have Been Having Fun Ever Since Our Plane
Touched Down ]
[ But This Time There Is Such The Small Crowd ]
[ So When You Are Inside ]
[ Things Are Not Very Loud ]
[ When You Go To The Shops Looking For ( IT ) ]
[ You Can Get In & Out ]
[ In Just A Few Minutes ]
[ Things Are Not Always @ A High Price ]
[ So If You Really Like Something Nice ]
[ It Is Usually There For You To Buy Twice ]
[ I Am Bringing Back Souvenirs For Four Friends ]
[ I Might Get More ]
[ But It All Will Depend ]
[ On What I Will See ]
[ Except For Three Pairs Of Shoes ]
[ I Really Have Not Bought Anything For Me ]
[ But That’s Okay, This Is Now How I Live ]
[ Now I Save My Money ]
[ So I Can Buy More Things To Give ]
[ I Like When People Come Over To My Place ]
[ Then I Can Give Them A Gift ]
[ & Then They Get A Smile On Their Face ]
[ Since I Have No Mother ]
[ & I Just Lost My Brother ]
[ I Find Joy ]
[ By Making The Day Go Well For Others ]
[ Since Being Naughty By Nature Is Not My Thing ]
[ I Like To Give Stuff ]
[ That Is Not Attached By A String ]
[ There Is No Reciprocal Action Needed ]
[ Because I Don’t Want The Receiver Feel Defeated ]
[ If They Cannot ]
[ Reciprocate What They Just Got ]
[ But Vegas Is One The One Place That We Love To Come To ]
[ So Now We Will Plan To Come Back ]
[ In A Year Or Two ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[006][ Pain, Pain & More Pain … 1•3•2021 ]
[ Oh The Pain That Shoots Through My Back ]
[ Sometimes It Feels So Bad ]
[ My Thoughts Fade To Black ]
[ I Then Scraped It Against The Wall ]
[ That Hurt So Bad ]
[ But I Have No Idea Who To Call ]
[ Do I Call The Dr. Or Do I Call My Wife ]
[ I Think That Either Way I Go ]
[ It Would Be The Thing That Was Right ]
[ Shooting Pain Cannot Be Described ]
[ Sometimes These Pains ]
[ Hurt The Most In My Life ]
[ I Think I Have Figured Out What & When Something Makes It
Hurt ]
[ It Is When I Rub Against Something ]
[ That Pushes Up Against My Shirt ]
[ But I Would Really Have To Be In Bad Shape To Go
To The E.R. ]
[ I Won’t Take An Ambulance ]
[ But I Would Have To Be Pushed Into The Car ]
[ So I Will Just Grin & Bear It ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[ 096 ][ Who Knew? … 1•31•2022 ]
[ As You Are Looking @ The Beautiful Sunset ]
[ When You Are Alone ]
[ What Should You Expect? ]
[ Will You Constantly Look @ Your Phone, Hoping For A Call? ]
[ When It Does Not Ring ]
[ Do You Just Continue To Stare @ The Living Room Wall ]
[ You Don’t Know Why They Call It The (LIVING ROOM) ]
[ There Is Nothing Living There Most Of The Day ]
[ Not Even The Broom ]
[ Well Actually The Broom Had More Life ]
[ When You Were Able To Share Everything With Your Wife ]
[ (1) Morning You Were Hugging & Kissing ]
[ When She Did Not Come Home After Work ]
[ She Went Missing ]
[ The Police Do Not Have A Single Clue ]
[ Neither Do You ]
[ You Wait By The Phone ]
[ You Take It Everywhere That You Go ]
[ All You Hear Is That Annoying Dial Tone ]
[ But You Never Know ]
[ You Talked To Her During Her Lunch ]
[ Could You Feel That Something Was Wrong Because You
Did Not Eat Very Much? ]
[ You Weren’t Very Hungry, For Some Reason ]
[ Is This Allergy Season? ]
[ Was She Under Alot Of Unusual Stress? ]
[ Is There Anything That You Want To Confess? ]
[ (NO!) ]
[ Everyone Felt That Was So ]
[ So, Where Do You Go From Here? ]
[ Please Don’t Go Soak In Whiskey & Beer ]
[ You Don’t Even Know Who To Talk Too ]
[ Who Knows? ]
[ Who Knew ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(092)▪︎[ Money … 1•30•2022 ]
[ Is Money The Demon That Others Say It Is? ]
[ It Is Usually On The Top Of Everyone’s Wish List ]
[ Is Getting Money The Same As Having Money? ]
[ Is That What People Can’t See?
[ When You Buy A Clock ]
[ Are You Also Buying The Tic-Toc? ]
[ Are You Buying Time? ]
[ Or Is That A Simple Word That Fits In This Rhyme? ]
[ You Cannot Buy Time, But You CAN Buy Another Person’s
Time If They Work With You ]
[ Or They Are In Your Employ ]
[ Then You Could Dictate What They Do ]
[ Is Making Money Harder Than Keeping It? ]
[ You Could Spend It ]
[ You Could Invest It ]
[ You Could Gamble It ]
[ You Could Give It ]
[ It Is So Hard To Be So Smart To Make Money Work For You ]
[ There Are People Who Do ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(024)▪︎[ Pretty Set … 1•7•2022 ]
[ There Are Nights When You Do Not Dream ]
[ Those Are Nights When You Do Not Wake-Up Hearing
Your Voice Scream ]
[ You Always Wish That There Could Be More Nights Of Quiet ]
[ Instead, You Have Nightmares Of The Riot ]
[ Yes, That Was (19) Years Ago ]
[ So? ]
[ Your Nightmares Often Happen During The Day ]
[ When (THE MOVIE) Starts ]
[ You Cannot Figure Out How To Get Out Of It’s Way ]
[ It Is As Small As A Dream In Your Head ]
[ It As Large As The Bed ]
[ You Are Not Always In Bed When These Occur ]
[ They Are So Vivid They Make You Feel Really Unsure ]
[ Unsure Of The Date Or The Year ]
[ Nothing Is Clear ]
[ 2002 Seems Like Yesterday ]
[ (GET OVER IT) Some Say ]
[ Fun Fact ]
[ They Are Not The One That Gets Dragged Back ]
[ Back To A Date That You Wish That Your Memory Would
Forget ]
[ No Luck ]
[ It Seems Pretty Set ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(015)▪︎[ Not Wanted … 1•4•2022 ]
[ The Dream Of The Walls Closing In, Seems To Be The 1st
Sign ]
[ That Is The First True Marker That Things May Be Out
Of Line ]
[ Maybe The Feeling Of Getting Sick ]
[ Is The Part Of Getting Claustrophobic ]
[ The Fever Is Next ]
[ You Could Call Out Being Sick In A Text ]
[ No One Would Know ]
[ Because You Are Not Part Of Anyone Else’s Shit Show ]
[ You Are Not In Anybodys Inside Circle @ All ]
[ Your Smiling Face Picture Is Not On Anybody’s Wall ]
[ If You Were To Disappear, Not (1) Of Them Would Say That
It Mattered ]
[ That Does Not Make You Feel Flattered ]
[ It Shows That You Have Zero Impact On Their Life ]
[ They Don’t Care If You Were To Stop Saying (GOODNIGHT) ]
[ It Is Tough To Feel Unwanted ]
[ You Try To Be Undaunted ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(25)▪︎[ Voices … 1•7•2022 ]
[ Do You Have Permission To Change Your Mind ]
[ It Is A Very Confusing World You Will Find ]
[ Are There Weapons Involved? ]
[ Is There A Multitude Of Questions To Be Solved? ]
[ Do You Have A Better Pull Than The Other Voices? ]
[ Because Your Mind Has A Big Pool Of Choices ]
[ Sometimes There Are So Many Choices To Choose From ]
[ More Than (2) Going @ (1) Time Could Make Your Mind Go Numb ]
[ What If You Figured Out Some Questions, Answers? ]
[ You Need To Be Conscious Of What You Are Trying To Tackle ]
[ You Were Not Cut Out To Cure All Of The Number Of Cancers ]
[ It Is Best That The Voices Stand As One ]
[ That Doesn’t Mean That It Is Alot Fun ]
[ Voices Can Be Thoughts & Vice Versa ]
[ But That Doesn’t Mean That They Want You To Do What Would
Be Best For Ya ]
[ It Is The Bad Voices In Your Head That Makes You Choose To Do
Something Bad ]
[ Everything That Those Voices Start To Say Is Sad ]
[ Whenever You Have Choices ]
[ Go With The Positive Voices ]
[ They Can Help You Build ]
[ Without The Guilt ]
[ Because You Will Not Be Doing Anything Wrong ]
[ So You Won’t Have Bad Dreams Of Battling King Kong ]
[ Good Voices Move You Forward, Not Back ]
[ Good Voices Knows When To Take A Break ]
[ Then Go Get Some Water & A Snack ]
[ Negative Voices Can Lead You Into Danger ]
[ You Won’t Be Saved By The Lone Ranger ]
[ Go To The Rainbow & Then Beyond ]
[ Go To Places Where You Feel That You Belong ]
[ Put Your Flag Down ]
[ & Look Around ]
[ & Smile ]
[ For Awhile ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[156]▪︎[ Mahalo Stranger … 3•7•2022 ]
[ Life Is Mostly (1) Constant Conundrum ]
[ & It Is Each Persons Responsibility To Not Stand Still &
Go Numb ]
[ Should Someone Live To Give? ]
[ Or Should You Give While You Live? ]
[ When You Are Able To See Someone That You Feel Is Truly
In Need ]
[ It Feels So Good To Do A Good Deed ]
[ This (1) Night, While Downtown, A Guy Came Up To You From The
Back ]
[ For Some Reason It Did Not Bother You ]
[ You Never Felt That You Were Being Attacked ]
[ He Acted Embarrassed & Ashamed To Ask For Some Change ]
[ You Gave Him A Couple Of Dollars ]
[ But Something Bothered You About That Exchange ]
[ You Felt In Your Pocket & Remembered That You Were Actually
Pretty Flushed ]
[ So You Looked & Walked Around The Area, In A Rush ]
[ Then You Saw Him Further Down The Sidewalk, To Your Right ]
[ You Wanted His Attention ]
[ But You Really Did Not Want To Startle Him To Where He
Would Feel That He Had To Fight ]
[ You Calmly Got His Attention, So He Stopped Walking & He
Turned Around ]
[ You Asked Him If He Remembered You, As He Continued To Look
@ The Ground ]
[ He Was Shaking When He Asked If You Wanted The Money
Returned Now? ]
[ You Said (NO) As You Handed Him (2) More Bills ]
[ He Quietly Said (WOW) ]
[ You Understood Why ]
[ He Did Not Want To Get Mugged By Another Guy ]
[ He Finally Looked Up & We Locked Eyes ]
[ What You Saw On His Face Was Pure Gratitude ]
[ Then His Face Had To Turn Back Into His Street Attitude ]
[ As You Walked Away, It Felt Like You Were Given A Gift ]
[ & A Much Needed Lift ]
[ @ The Same Time ]
[ Thank You To The Man That Was The Central Reason For This
Rhyme ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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[017][ No Money In It … 1•4•2022 ]
[ There Are Words In Every Direction That You Look ]
[ Sometimes They Are Not Written In A Book ]
[ They Come Down The Slide ]
[ Maybe The Thoughts Should Pick A Side ]
[ Is One Side Good? ]
[ Is The Other Side Bad? ]
[ When You Are This Misunderstood ]
[ Does It Make You Mad? ]
[ No One Wants To Be That Miss-Understood For A Second ]
[ You Reckon ]
[ How Do You Turn It Around? ]
[ Instead Of Letting Someone Pound It To The Ground ]
[ To Get It Level ]
[ Would You Need A Beval? ]
[ Or Does It Need To Go Completely In? ]
[ You Will Never Win ]
[ Because The Thoughts Will Not Cooperate ]
[ & The Doctors Will Not Operate ]
[ Because There Is No Money In It ]
[ & That Is What You Don’t Understand ]
[ Even A Little Bit ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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