[ 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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[019][ Finding Solace … 1•5•2022 ]
[ Some Say That (TO BE TOUGH, IS TO BE FRAGILE) ]
[ (TO BE TENDER, IS TO BE TRULY FIERCE) ]
[ Must You Also Be Agile? ]
[ All In The Search For Solace In Your Life ]
[ In Your Search For That Guiding Light ]
[ All In The Search ]
[ Sitting Up High On A Perch ]
[ Looking For That Light That Will Point You In The Right
Direction ]
[ For Even The Slightest Consideration ]
[ Of Which Way That You Need To Go ]
[ Because You Flat Out Don’t Know ]
[ Once You Find Solace, Than What? ]
[ Will You Get The Answers To All Of Those Questions That
Have Been Burning Inside Of Your Gut? ]
[ The Answers To The Questions That You Have Pondered ]
[ The Ones That Have Made Your Mind Wander ]
[ Why Are You Here? ]
[ It Has Never Been Clear ]
[ Where Is This Search Taking You? ]
[ You Have Searched For Every Clue ]
[ No One Seems To Know ]
[ So … ]
[ What Happens After? ]
[ When You Turn The Page ]
[ & Seek Enlightenment In The Next Chapter ]
[ Page After Page You Will Turn ]
[ Through It All ]
[ You Actually Learn ]
[ How To Be Fragile, While Being Tough ]
[ Being Tender & Also Being Fierce Is Rough ]
[ Because You Never Know That You Were Doing ]
[ Each Different Ways Enough ]
[ Is Being Fragile The Opposite Way To Be In Certain
Situations? ]
[ Doing It That Way Causes Everybody Some Consternation ]
[ There Was No Spilling Over Of Confidence ]
[ All They Feel Is Indifference ]
[ When & What Will It Take To Turn This Around ]
[ It Will Be A Tough Hill To Climb That You Found ]
[ Really, Tough ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(119)▪︎[ Re-Fund The Police … 2•10•2022 ]
[ Portland, Oregon Has Become Such A Violent & Dangerous
City ]
[ It Used To Be As Safe As Owning A Little Kitty ]
[ Everyday There Is A Shooting, Or Two ]
[ It Is So Dangerous, Because Of What Some Criminals Do ]
[ You Feel For The People That Live There ]
[ They Need To Know That Other People Ouside Of Their
Community Care ]
[ The Business Owners Are Losing Money Hand Over Fist ]
[ So Many Have Moved Their Business Or Just Outright
Closed ]
[ You Would Think That The Puppet Mayor Would Have A List ]
[ That Horrible Person Hardesty Does Nothing Good ]
[ She Took The Police Out Of The Downtown Area ]
[ Turning All Of That Into A Really Dangerous Neighborhood ]
[ Defund The Police Were The Stupidest Words That She
Continued To Scream ]
[ She, Turned The City Of Portland Into A Horrible Dream ]
[ I Do Believe That They Call That A Nightmare ]
[ She Continues To Show That She Does Not Care ]
[ Her & The Puppet Mayor Show Zero Leadership ]
[ Did She Ruin The City On A Dare? ]
[ How Has Defunding The Police Department Worked For You? ]
[ If You Have A Police Officer Or (2) ]
[ Guarding You & The Mayor ]
[ Why Do You Think You Need Them There? ]
[ You Both Sided With The Rioters That Made The Downtown
Area Look Like Hell ]
[ I Am Not Talking About The Demonstrators Who Meant Well ]
[ Okay Hardesty, Some Say You Need To Treat Your Body
Like A Temple ]
[ If Little Kids Were Told That & Saw You ]
[ Is Your Look Setting A Good Example? ]
[ You Look Like Life Has Got The Best Of You So You’ve Grown
Bitter ]
[ You Should Retire ]
[ & Just Become The Scary Babysitter ]
[ This City’s Politicians Should Be Voted Out ]
[ When You All Are Gone, Could Portland Come Back Around? ]
[ You Leave The People A Massive Amount Of Doubt ]
[ You All Should Go Quietly Into The Night ]
[ So People Can Go Downtown & Not Be Full Of Fright ]
[ Bring Back The Downtown Police Units & Give The City
Some Form Of Law & Order ]
[ Put Hardesty Down In A City Close To The California Border ]
[ I Hear There Are No Police Down There @ All ]
[ Hey, We Should Give Them A Call ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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