[ Throughout The Past Days, People Only Followed The Leader ]
[ Even Though He Was A Cheater ]
[ He Was Given A Position Of Power ]
[ He Did Not Show Any Leadership Hour After Hour ]
[ He Found Out That He Did Not Have To Play Nice ]
[ So Then It Seemed That Not Telling The Truth Became
His New Vice ]
[ Lies, Lies, Lies ]
[ He Told Them To All Of The Girls & Guys ]
[ Most People Had Alot Of Doubt ]
[ Of Seeing How Or If Someone Could Figure This Guy Out ]
[ Nobody Thought His Reign Over The Land Would Last ]
[ But Year After Year Went Past ]
[ The Longer That He Ruled ]
[ More People Started Following Him After They Dropped Out
Of School ]
[ He Ruled With An Iron Fist ]
[ & He Expected His Followers To Do Everything That Was
Written On His Very Long List ]
[ He Would Order Surprise Attacks ]
[ On Those Who Refused To Pay His High Sales Tax ]
[ People Were Yelling To Get His Type Of Government Out
Of Their State ]
[ They Did Not Want To Wait ]
[ For Him To Think Of More Taxes & Bills ]
[ But Now He Wants To Tax All Of The Different Kinds Of Pain Pills ]
[ His Followers Would Do Anything For Him ]
[ If A Family Member Tried To Change Someones Mind ]
[ Chances Were Really Slim ]
[ Nobody Thought His Followers Would Go This Far ]
[ They Really Think That He Is Their Guiding Star ]
[ How Could His Power Go Beyond This Countries Borders? ]
[ But There He Was Last Night On The T.V. Giving His Orders ]
[ Telling That Country To Do This ]
[ & This Country To Do That ]
[ He Even Directed A German Country To Attack The Swiss ]
[ The Followers Got Out Of Hand ]
[ They Would Finish Demand After Demand ]
[ When Will It Stop … ? ]
[ Oh There’s My Alarm To Wake Me Up So I Won’t Be Late ]
[ Hmmmm, It Must Have Been Something I Ate ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(385)▪︎[ Look Past Your Past … 5•2•2021 ]
[ Sometimes You Must Look @ Your Past ]
[ To Help What You Do In The Future, Last ]
[ It Is Much Easier To Go In With Experience & Knowledge
Than To Go In Blindly ]
[ Having No Knowledge May Not Treat You, Very Kindly ]
[ But From What You Surmise ]
[ Would A Surprise ]
[ Be Very Wise? ]
[ Sometimes Life Can Become A Guessing Game ]
[ When The Same ]
[ Name ]
[ Will Not Be The Right One To Blame ]
[ Why Shouldn’t The Same ]
[ Name ]
[ Be The One To Blame? ]
[ Then You Have The Pain To Move Up & Down Your Chest ]
[ Should You Think To Do What’s Best? ]
[ Or Should You Think That You Are Going Through A Cardiac
Arrest? ]
[ Maybe You Should Lay Down, Stretch Out, For A Long Rest ]
[ You Should Rest For The Next Day ]
[ When You Want To Have A Say ]
[ In What Comes Next ]
[ After You Read That Strange & Long Blubbering Text ]
[ You Ask (WHY WAS THAT SENT TO ME?) ]
[ You Have Never Met He Or She ]
[ But Maybe That Has Never Mattered ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(691)▪︎[ What Is It To You? … 8•12•2020 ]
[ What Does A Comfortable Life Consist Of? ]
[ Money, Expensive Toys, Fast Cars? ]
[ Or Familial Love? ]
[ I’ll Take Love Over Anything Else ]
[ That Is Just My Thinking ]
[ For Myself ]
[ Some Say That Money Can Buy Happiness ]
[ & Some Say Money Can Create A Mess ]
[ If You Are Able To Afford The Best ]
[ Are You Able To Get Any Rest? ]
[ Money Can Never Take Away That Pain In Your Chest ]
[ Money Can’t Buy Happiness For Your Heart ]
[ Money Can’t Play That Part ]
[ But What Do I Know I’ve Never Had Money, So I Wouldn’t Know
That Side ]
[ If I Ever Said That I Would Not Like Some Money ]
[ I Lied ]
[ Enough Money To Pay My Bills ]
[ Would Be Nice ]
[ Would I Go On Vacations For Exciting Thrills? ]
[ Uh … I Would Have To Think About That Idea Twice ]
[ To Some, I Don’t Have Alot ]
[ But If You Put Me On The Spot ]
[ I’d Say That I Am Really Happy With What I’ve Got ]
[ I Have A Loving Wife That Has Stood By Me For
Almost 25 Years ]
[ I Have A Great Son Who Keeps Up With His Peers ]
[ I’m Not Drunk From Drinking Whiskey & Beers ]
[ I Do Believe Anyone Can Cry ]
[ If You Think Differently ]
[ Why? ]
[ The Fear Of Where Society Is Going ]
[ Why Isn’t This Virus Slowing? ]
[ Society Is Filled With So Much Hate Nowadays ]
[ We’ve Lost The Human Touch ]
[ in So Many Ways ]
[ A Comfortable Life Never Saw This Coming ]
[ The Way That Our Leaders Are Constantly Mumbling &
Grumbling ]
[ Makes This All Mind Numbing ]
[ Everything Is Upside Down ]
[ The Politicians Are Not Leading ]
[ Because Washington Is A Circus Full Of Clowns ]
[ In America’s Biggest Crisis They Don’t Feel The Need ]
[ To Lead ]
[ Or Give More Money For Families To Feed ]
[ Their Own ]
[ Or Pay On Their Loans ]
[ For Their Homes ]
[ That Totally Changes What A Comfortable Life Looks
Like ]
[ Now It Is An Inflation Hike ]
[ & A Virus Spike ]
[ Life Has Changed ]
[ Priorities Need To Be Rearranged ]
[ But Don’t Come Closer Than Six Feet ]
[ Until This Virus Can Be Beat ]
[ Please Be Careful Everyone ]
[ Getting Sick Is Not Fun ]
[ & The Dying Is Not Done ]
[ So I’ll Grab My Family & Stay Home ]
[ Because On The Other Side Of That Door ]
[ Is The Unknown ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(692)▪︎[ Society Is … ? … 8•13•2020 ]
[ Whicky, Whicky, Whacky ]
[ Everything Is So Tacky ]
[ Society Is Going To Hell In A Hand Basket ]
[ They Are Disregarding A Regular Caskett ]
[ People Are Shooting Each Other In The Streets ]
[ When A Family Has No Money ]
[ Nobody Eats ]
[ The Rich Politicians Are Trying To Decide Our Fate ]
[ They Have Never Gone To Bed Starving ]
[ Because That Day They Never Ate ]
[ These Fat Cats Gets Their Food Served To Them On
Silver Platters ]
[ They Look @ All The Peasants ]
[ & Don’t Know What Really Matters ]
[ It Has Always Been Right There ]
[ That Sly Smile ]
[ That Tells You That They Really Don’t Care ]
[ They Got Elected By Making Promises Part Of Their Platform ]
[ They Never Follow Through ]
[ Because That Is The Norm ]
[ Once They Are Elected, They Are Financially Set For Life ]
[ That Definitely Is Appreciated ]
[ By Their Spoiled Children & Trophy Wife ]
[ It Must Be Nice ]
[ To Not Live Off The Menu ]
[ Of Water & Boiled Rice ]
[ They Have Never Been Without ]
[ So When It Comes To Need ]
[ They Have No Clue What They Are Talking About ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1102)▪︎[ Moving Forward … 8•30•2019 ]
[ How Do You Move Forward By Living In The Past? ]
[ How Can Your Fractured Leg Heal Without Being
Set In A Cast? ]
[ All Types Of People Try Their Best ]
[ Sometimes You Become A Bother & End Up Being
A Pest ]
[ How Can You Try So Hard & Fail So Bad? ]
[ When You Don’t Try, Does That Make You Sad? ]
[ I Wonder, As I See You Standing There ]
[ Do You, Or How Do You Show That You Care? ]
[ How Would You Hand Things Out? ]
[ Do You Think That Money Earns You Clout? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(399)▪︎[ Memories … 5•10•2021 ]
[ Are Your Memories Full Of Mistakes That Were Made? ]
[ Or Lessons Learned? ]
[ Would You Always Trade ]
[ Back In ]
[ The Mistakes That Caused You Concern? ]
[ Are The Lessons Learned Always Because Of The Mistakes
You Make? ]
[ Can You Magically Make A Pie? ]
[ After You Tried To Make A Cake? ]
[ The Knowledge That Mistakes Bring ]
[ Are Not Tied Together By Strings ]
[ You Try Your Hardest To Not Make The Same Mistakes
Twice ]
[ Not Burning Your Hand On A Hot Stove Again ]
[ Would Be Really Nice ]
[ Sometimes Your Mistakes Make Their Way Into Your Dreams ]
[ You Would Have No Control Of That, It Seems ]
[ Everyday You Drive Around Lifes Potholes ]
[ Many Times In Your Life ]
[ You Have Questioned Your Roles ]
[ Of What You Are Supposed To Be ]
[ In Today’s Fractious Society ]
[ Do You Wear Many Hats, Or Just Concentrate On Just A Few? ]
[ You Don’t Have The Heart Or Energy ]
[ To Take On Anything New ]
[ Never Seek To Shift The Spotlight On You ]
[ So Others Can Taunt ( OH BOO HOO HOO ) ]
[ You Don’t Believe In Pity Parties So You Could Sit In The
Corner & Pout ]
[ You Thoroughly Believe In Working Things Out ]
[ Then You Can Fall Asleep With No More Nagging Doubts ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(961)▪︎[ Fade Or Trade … 11•13•2021 ]
[ Some Say (MEMORIES NEVER DIE) ]
[ While Others Say (YES, BUT THEY DO FADE) ]
[ Is One Of Those Sayings A Lie? ]
[ You Guess Both Of Them Could Be True ]
[ Depends If You Always Think The Sky Is Blue ]
[ That Person Must Be An Optimist ]
[ @ Least Thinking Positive Would Be On Their List ]
[ Would Those People Be Superstitious On Certain Things? ]
[ Are They Worried About What A Black Cat Brings? ]
[ As They Grow Older ]
[ Do They Throw More Salt Over Their Shoulder? ]
[ You Never Could Understand That ]
[ Why Do People Throw Salt Towards Their Back ]
[ Would They Ever Walk Under A Ladder? ]
[ Right Now ]
[ Or Even Later ]
[ There Are Some Memories In Your Head That You Would
Rather Forget ]
[ There Are Alot Of People That You Wished That You
Never Met ]
[ People Go In & Out Of Your Life In Some Way ]
[ @ Least 9 Out Of Every 10 Do Not Stay ]
[ Like (2) Ships Passing Each Other In The Night ]
[ Not Even Worthy Enough To Shine A Light ]
[ There Are Alot Of People That Would Wish That These Last
(2) Years Never Happened ]
[ A Bad Event Would Happen & Then … ]
[ Another Thing Will Be Right Behind It ]
[ When The Shit Hits The Fan ]
[ You Get Back Every Little Bit ]
[ Hopefully There Will Be Alot Of Good Memories Made ]
[ & All Of The Others You Could Give Back Or Trade ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(960)▪︎[ Who Is Safe? … 11•13•2021 ]
[ You Often Wonder What It Feels Like To Live A Safe, Comfortable
Life? ]
[ Not Having To Worry About A Crazed Stranger ]
[ Wielding A Gun Or Knife ]
[ Breaking Into Your Place ]
[ Waving A Weapon In Front Of Your Face ]
[ It Could Be A Family Member Or A Group Of Thugs ]
[ Looking For Jewelry, Electronics Or Drugs ]
[ Or Ready To Turn Your House & All Of Your Belongings
Into Ash ]
[ Because Someone Paid Someone To Do It With Cash ]
[ When Money Talks ]
[ Morality Takes A Walk ]
[ There Is A Whole Lot Of People That Would Do Almost
Anything For The Right Number Of $100 Bills ]
[ Or The Really Evil Ones That Will Do It For Thrills ]
[ Thrill Killings Is A Real Thing ]
[ In Some People’s Minds ]
[ Money Is King ]
[ It Rules Everything In Their Mind ]
[ Because They Are The Sociopathic Kind ]
[ In Some Parts Of The Country They Do Not Ever Use Their
Door Locks ]
[ They Have Never Worried About Who Is Standing Outside
When They Hear Door Knocks ]
[ Nobody Is A Stranger & Everybody Is A Friend ]
[ Nobody Is Afraid Of Living Where The Road Ends ]
[ They Stop & Talk ]
[ As They See You On The Sidewalk ]
[ Or ]
[ In A Restaurant Or The Corner Store ]
[ There, They Know Everybody’s Name ]
[ If A Crime Was Committed ]
[ There Would Be Someone Quick To Blame ]
[ People Are Just Plain Friendlier In Some Parts Of The Country
Than Others ]
[ There Are Sections Of This Country Where Children Actually
Do Respect Their Mothers ]
[ Where Are Those Sections In This Angry ]
[ Country ]
[ It Is A Huge Disgrace ]
[ How This Country Deals With Race ]
[ Whenever Someone Asks You About What Race You Are You
Smile & Politely Answer (SLOW) ]
[ (DOESN’t IT SHOW?) ]
[ You Are More Round Than Rectangular ]
[ Your Face Is More Square Than Angular ]
[ Maybe There Are People In This Country That Has Not Made
An Enemy Or Two ]
[ What Would You Say If Someone Was To Ask You? ]
[ You Don’t Dislike Anybody Enough To Go & Commit A
Heinous Crime ]
[ It Is Against Your Beliefs ]
[ & You Would Never Ever Want To Do Prison Time ]
[ You Hope That Others Think That Way When A Finger Is
Pointed In Your Direction ]
[ Because Who Wants To Live The Rest Of Their Lives Living
In Adult Corrections? ]
[ You Have No Money To Steal ]
[ Or A Really Nice Car ]
[ With Expensive Wheels ]
[ Nothing Of Worth ]
[ To Give Up Their Freedom ]
[ For Their Last Days On This Earth ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(308)▪︎[ Check Please! … 4•13•2021 ]
[ Could Someone Please Point Me In The Right Direction For A
Pain Free Hour ]
[ If I Would Have Gone Out On A Limb & Wished For A Full Day
Everything Would Have Turned Sour ]
[ I Feel Like I Have Zero Control Over How Much I Hurt ]
[ I Can Choose The Pair Of Shorts That I Want To Wear ]
[ & I Can Even Choose My Shirt ]
[ My Pain Does Not Play Peek-A-Boo & Sometimes Hide ]
[ No, This Back Pain Is There For The Long, Drawn Out
Ride ]
[ Pain Is Not In A Race Where There Is A Finish Line ]
[ Nobody Is Keeping Track Of The Time ]
[ Just When I Feel Like The Pain Is Gone ]
[ Somehow, The Pain Gets Turned Back On ]
[ There Is No Rhyme Or Reason For The Sharp Pains ]
[ It Is As Easy As Coming Up With A Formula To Be Able To
Predict The Oregon Rains ]
[ Being In Constant Pain Is Not One Of My Dreams ]
[ Being In Constant Pain Is Not Very Pleasant It Seems ]
[ Being In Constant Pain Has Me Coming Apart @ The Seams ]
[ When Someone Says That Constant Pain Can Be A Pain In The
Neck ]
[ Hmmm, Let Me Check ]
[ I Know What Others Lack ]
[ That Is An Aggravating Sharp Pain Radiating Up & Down Their
Back ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(302)▪︎[ The Bright Star … 4•11•2021 ]
[ Fly High My Little Bright Star ]
[ Go To A Destination That Cannot Be Reached
By A Car ]
[ Leaving All Of The Negativity Behind You ]
[ Hide Somewhere In Plain Sight, Too ]
[ You Always Took Your Problems Head On ]
[ But Things Got Harder ]
[ When All Of Your Support Was Gone ]
[ The Reasons & Answers Became Unsolvable ]
[ The Reasons Were Avoidable ]
[ The Environment Intolerable ]
[ Things Did Not Need To Happen Like They Did ]
[ Never Thinking About The Kid ]
[ But That Was Why Things Happened ]
[ The Start Was Predictable ]
[ Nobody Saw This Kind Of End ]
[ Murphy’s Law Can Work Against You As Fast As
A Finger Snap ]
[ & Mother Nature Has Her Own Distinctive Slap ]
[ Across The Face Or Ass ]
[ It Does Not Matter If You Are Not Wearing Pants ]
[ Or A Mask ]
[ She Will Hurt ]
[ You Under Your Shirt ]
[ & If A Woman Is Not Careful ]
[ The Wind Will Blow Up Their Skirt ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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