[ They Say That The Only Thing Better Than Making
Dollars ]
[ Is Making Change ]
[ The Only Way To Make People Hollar ]
[ Is To Take What They Consider Important Priorities, Then
Rearrange ]
[ Rearrange The Order ]
[ So It Makes Them Say In A Recorder ]
[ That They Have Nothing But Disorder ]
[ They May Confuse Order With Respect ]
[ They Never Want Changes ]
[ Because That Is Something That Happens That They Would
Never Expect ]
[ Order Is Something That You Hope Things Will Get In ]
[ Right From When Things Start To Begin ]
[ People Do Not Like It When Others Changes Things ]
[ Especially When They Are As Important As Queens & Kings ]
[ Change Only Happens Over Time & Through Alot Of Words
Being Said ]
[ So Others Can Feel Secure As Things Sink Into Their Head ]
[ Some Never Change & Remain As Stubborn ]
[ & Unwilling ]
[ As The Day That They Were Born ]
[ Then Things Never Change With Them ]
[ Or ]
[ For Them ]
[ & They Can No Longer Ignore ]
[ That Is Their Biggest Problem ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1416)▪︎[ All The Way To The End … 12•19•2019 ]
[ Well, That Kind Of Does It, Closes A Chapter On A
Very Painful Part Of Your Life ]
[ Does That Mean That The Outlook On The Future Will
Be Bright? ]
[ You Never Thought It Would Go The Way That This
Finally Played Out ]
[ But You Also Didn’t Know What Wills Were All About ]
[ @ One Point In Your Life Barbara Told You That You
In Hers ]
[ You Didn’t Really Question That @ The Time ]
[ But Through This Silence You Were Not All That Sure ]
[ Now You’re Sure & That You Are Not ]
[ It Told You So In A Letter That You Just Got ]
[ It Plainly Stated That She Willed Absolutely Nothing
To You, You Plainly See ]
[ It Was There In Plain English For You To Read ]
[ You Guess She Wound Up Hating You More & More As
The Years Dragged On ]
[ She Probably Thought She Could Stick It In Your
Back ]
[ Even After She’s Gone ]
[ When She Told You To Get Out Of Her Life She Really
Meant It THROUGH The Very End ]
[ She Was So Rigid With Her Words ]
[ You Knew She Wouldn’t Bend ]
[ For People Who Are Mild & Meek ]
[ To Her, Forgiveness Was Done By The Weak ]
[ & She Was Anything But That ]
[ Just Like She Disliked Dogs ]
[ & Loved Her Cats ]
[ Her Cats Could Bring Her Home Dead Rats & She
Would Never Disown Them ]
[ She Never Thought Of Reconciling With Her Only Son,
Down In Salem ]
[ You Truly Wish She Lived Her Last Minutes Regretting
What She Did & Said ]
[ You Hoped She Had A Clear Recollection Of Your Last
Phone Call Running Over & Over In Her Head ]
[ Because Satan Was Waiting For Her @ The Door For
When She Would Finally Be Dead ]
[ Satan Was Waving @ Her Saying (COME HERE, COME
HERE) ]
[ (I KNOW YOU ONLY DRINK WINE, BUT WE’ll FORCE
YOU TO DRINK BEER!) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1434)▪︎[ Fall In Line … 12•27•2019 ]
[ Sometimes There’s Tears Behind Your Closed Eyes ]
[ & There’s Truth Under The Lies ]
[ Figuring Out Which Is Which Can Be Quite The
Exercise ]
[ The Answer Can Uncover Quite The Surprise ]
[ But Do You Turn Out To Be Sheep That Just Follow? ]
[ & Have Thoughts That Are Hollow? ]
[ Do You Get In Line In Pairs Of Two? ]
[ Which Just Affects You & The Ewe ]
[ To The Average Sheep, This Is Bliss ]
[ Not Having To Think About That & This ]
[ Just Fall In Line & March One After The Other ]
[ Where There Is One, There Must Be Another ]
[ & Another One After That ]
[ So Then You Will Know Where To Hang Your Hat ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(903)▪︎[ What Grows In The Earth … 10•26•2021 ]
[ When The Corn Grows Ears & The Potatoes Grow Eyes ]
[ Does That Mean Your Garden Is Telling You Lies? ]
[ Does That Mean That Your Garden Is Lying ]
[ Or Is That Mean That Your Garden Of Vegetables Are
Dieing? ]
[ You Never Want Your Garden Hurt ]
[ You Don’t Want Their Season To Be Curt ]
[ That Would Mean Very Little Produce ]
[ & Then You Could Think (WHAT IS THE USE?) ]
[ It Is Nice To Eat Something Straight Out Of The Earth ]
[ After Planting Everything ]
[ You Could Exclaim (HEY LOOK, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE WORTH) ]
[ It Is Not Like You Have Alot Of Acres Of Crops ]
[ But You Can Eat What You Plant ]
[ So Others Should Give You Your Props ]
[ Growing Something From Nothing ]
[ Sure Seems Like Something ]
[ You Should Be Thankful That You Have Food To Eat ]
[ & A House Where You Could Sit Back ]
[ & Put Up Your Feet ]
[ Each Person Should Have Their Own Individual Things That
They Are Thankful For ]
[ It Could Be (2) Or More ]
[ It Should Not Take A Holiday In November To Be Thankful For
What We’ve Got & Who Is Around ]
[ & Then Have Christmas Coming To Town ]
[ The Holidays Have Lost Their True Meanings Because Of The
Almighty Dollar ]
[ Every Year It Gets Earlier & Earlier To Yank On The Thanksgiving
Holiday By The Collar ]
[ Everything Got Lost ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(904)▪︎[ The Procedure Day … 10•27•2021 ]
[ Just Now After You Got Out Of Bed ]
[ There Are A Hundred Things Swirling Around In Your Head ]
[ You Seem To Be In Such A Big Hurry ]
[ To Get Ready ]
[ For Your Surgery ]
[ Are You Looking Forward To It? ]
[ Even A Little Bit? ]
[ While They Are Scoping ]
[ You Are Really Hoping ]
[ That This Shot Will Work]
[ You Hope That Your Body Won’t Jerk ]
[ When They Will Begin ]
[ & Stick That Long Needle In ]
[ So Right Now You Are In The Waiting Room, Sitting ]
[ So Now, There Is No Quitting ]
[ Or Running Away ]
[ Today ]
[ The Lady That Checked You In Was Really Nice ]
[ If Giving The Choice ]
[ You Would Use Your Voice ]
[ & Go Through Her Line Twice ]
[ To Be Continued … ]
[ Well That Was Quick ]
[ You Went In … You Came Out ]
[ You Did Not Get Sick ]
[ Kunani Was The Nurse ]
[ That Helped You First ]
[ Then After, A Whole Different Nurse ]
[ Gave You A Drink To Help Quench Your Thirst ]
[ Kunani Got Your I.V. On The Very First Try ]
[ When You Told Her That You Were A Hard Stick ]
[ She Asked Me (WHY?) ]
[ You Told Her That You Thought Your Veins Might Roll ]
[ So They Would Try & Try ]
[ Leaving Your Arms & Hand With Not Just (1) Hole ]
[ To Say That Kunani Was Good ]
[ You Would Be A Little Misunderstood ]
[ She Was Gentle & Quick With The Needle That She Pushed
Into Your Hand ]
[ She Was So Quick, You Didn’t Have Time To Yell (DAMN!) ]
[ So Then A Different Nurse Wheeled You Into The Operating
Room ]
[ It Was So Bright & Cold, It Did Not Make You Be Overcome
With (GLOOM & DOOM) ]
[ The Dr. Came & Introduced Herself ]
[ Then You Did Not Remember Anything Else ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(1391)▪︎[ Get Up … 12•12•2019 ]
[ What Was I Really Thinking? ]
[ When I Went To The Bar & Started Drinking? ]
[ My Problems Were Weighing Me Down ]
[ & It Made Me Look Like A Sad, Sad Clown ]
[ Down, Down, Down My Thoughts Went ]
[ Some Of My Thoughts Seemed Like ]
[ They Were Satan Sent ]
[ The Longer My Thoughts Went Awry ]
[ Makes It Seem If There Was Any Chance For
Me To Have A Better Day ]
[ Went (BYE- BYE) ]
[ Why, As We Speak ]
[ Do My Hopes & Dreams Look So Bleak? ]
[ It Seems Like It’s Been Over A Week ]
[ Since I Started Looking For The Answers That I Seek ]
[ But The Questions That I Had Answers To Were No
Longer Pertinent ]
[ Because The Answers Did Not Help Some Things To
Become Permanent ]
[ Permanent In The Sense That They Enriched My Life ]
[ Through A Way To Turn On The Light ]
[ That Would Shine Like A Beacon ]
[ Far Into The Night ]
[ Until The Sun Rises ]
[ & Then I Hope That There Will Not Be Any Surprises ]
[ That Affect Me In A Bad Way ]
[ During That Day ]
[ But Then I Can’t Just Sit ]
[ & Throw A Fit ]
[ While I Attempt To Get Over It ]
[ & Move On ]
[ Before My Number Is Up ]
[ & I’m Gone ]
[ Now If That Sounds Wrong ]
[ Teach Me How To Stay Or Be Strong ]
[ Enough ]
[ To Get Rid Of The Fluff ]
[ To Learn To Fight The Good Fight ]
[ & To Make Something That Didn’t Seem Right ]
[ Into Something That Will Remain Tight ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(901)▪︎[ Happy Hallowgivings … 10•26•2021 ]
[ The Thunder Flashes Across The Sky ]
[ Then The Rain Leaves Me High & Dry ]
[ Why Does The Sky Leave Me With A Sunburn Everytime
I Hear A Cloud? ]
[ Then The Silence Sounds So Loud ]
[ The Crackling In My Nose ]
[ Sounds Like When My Eyes Feel Thirsty Everytime It Snows ]
[ After Walking (3) Miles, My Hands Really Hurt ]
[ But I Have To Tell Myself That I Still Need To Put (1) Foot
After The Other ]
[ When I Button Up My Shirt ]
[ My Lips Get Tired When I Blink ]
[ Then My Hair Hurts When I Think ]
[ Why Did I Paint (4) Fingers With Eye Liner? ]
[ It Was To Shut Them Down ]
[ & Too Stop Them Being A Winer ]
[ I Try To Have A Dry Eye In My Hand Everyday ]
[ Before I Step Off The Scale To Weigh ]
[ For The Day ]
[ I Have Never Understood Why My Eyes Make A Creaking Noise ]
[ & I Have To Snap My Toes, Before Anyone Hears My Voice ]
[ It Seems Like My Hips Always Crack ]
[ & I Can Never Wake Up If I Was Sitting On My Back ]
[ My Back Will Often Talk ]
[ After I Have Put My Shoulders Through A Lazy Walk ]
[ It Seems Like My Whole Life Is Going Up The Winding
Staircase ]
[ When Every Donut I Have Heard Has Been Baked In Haste ]
[ I Look Forward For My Birthday That Is (3) Weeks Ago ]
[ I Hope Everything Is Worked In By The Fourth Rain Of
The First Summer Snow ]
[ Snow Is Loud When It Comes Into Hearing Distance
Of Land ]
[ During That Time They Are Missing A Drummer In Their Band ]
[ Our SUV Mistakenly Lost The (S) ]
[ So Our Truck Will Remain Nameless ]
[ It Is Very Bad Off Of Gas ]
[ It Is Fun When We Can’t Stand Down & Enjoy Our Past ]
[ What To Do, What To Do ]
[ When You Try To Comb, A Too Small Shoe ]
[ I Guess I Might Donate It To McDonald’s The Next Time
That They Eat Here ]
[ So Ho Ho Ho ]
[ Thank You For Sending Me Some Hallowgivings Cheer! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(882)▪︎[ It Could Jink Anytime … 10•18•2021 ]
[ Your Life Can Jink In A Split Second Of Time ]
[ It Could Give You A Mountain That You Must Climb ]
[ On Your Way Up You Suddenly Get A Case Of Dèjà Vu ]
[ You Feel That You Have Been On This Trail Before ]
[ But You Guess That This Is Something That You Must Do ]
[ Everything Looks Different, But Kind Of The Same ]
[ But Then You See People That You Have Met Before ]
[ But You Don’t Know Remember Their Name ]
[ The Names Were Always On The Tip Of Your Tongue ]
[ You Get Kind Of Frustrated ]
[ Because You Were So Much Better @ Remembering Names
When You Were Young ]
[ Everything Was Easier In Your Youth ]
[ It Was Just Easier To Stay In Your Groove ]
[ Now The Groove Is Covered Up With Foggy Memories ]
[ On Your Path Back, You Hope To See Alot Of Possibilities ]
[ Even Though You Got Knocked Off Of Your Path Doesn’t
Mean You Can’t Start Another One ]
[ Even Though Your Climb Back Hasn’t Been All That Fun ]
[ You Find Out That Life Is Not Always Filled With Kicks ‘N
Giggles ]
[ Sometimes Things Are Not Always What They Seem ]
[ Especially When You Touch Something & It Wiggles ]
[ Sometimes It Is Devastating When You Get Knocked Off
Your Life’s Path ]
[ Sometimes It Might Be Because Of Something From Your
Past ]
[ There Is No Reason To Become Distraught ]
[ While Putting Others On The Spot ]
[ You Might Find That Others Have Changed ]
[ Because Of Your Fall ]
[ Your Life Was Not The Only One That Got Rearranged ]
[ Oftentimes You Can Never Go Back To What You Felt
Was Normal ]
[ You Might Go To A Party Wearing Shorts & A T-Shirt ]
[ But Everyone Else Was Dressed Formal ]
[ There Might Not Be Any Signs Of Normal That You Used
To See ]
[ Chances Were Slim To None That Is How Things Could Be ]
[ Make The Best Of What Is New ]
[ & Have Good Memories Of What You Knew ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(881)▪︎[ Silence Is Best @ Times … 10•18•2021 ]
[ Someone Once Said (TO BE SILENT IS TO BE ENSLAVED) ]
[ Does That Also Mean (IF YOU ARE SILENT, YOU ARE WELL
BEHAVED?) ]
[ You Don’t Always Believe That When You Are Silent, You
Are A Slave ]
[ You Are Not Always Loud When There Is Something You
Crave ]
[ Sometimes Silence Could Actually Be The Answer To A
Question Or Situation ]
[ Sometimes It Comes From Major Irritation ]
[ Sometimes Silence Is The Best Thing You Could Hear ]
[ You Never Want An Argument Starting Near ]
[ You Could Get Silence From Anyone ]
[ Depending On The Situation ]
[ Silence Could Say A Ton ]
[ You Could Think That You Are Being Ignored ]
[ It Could Also Mean That The Person That Was Being Silent ]
[ Could Have Bored ]
[ Not Everyone Has Something To Say ]
[ Or Some Could Be Irritating In The Worst Way ]
[ Those People You Really Hope Would Remain Silent ]
[ Or Quiet ]
[ If You Don’t Have Anything Nice, Than Say Nothing @ All ]
[ Maybe, Better Luck On The Next Call ]
[ When Some People Say That They Want To Put Their (2)
Cents In ]
[ You Want To Give Them Change Back ]
[ Then Ask Them If They Would Like To Try That Again? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(942)▪︎[ Don’t Let Them … 7•13•2019 ]
[ Let ‘Em Laugh ]
[ Let ‘Em Spin ]
[ But Don’t Let Them Cut You In Half ]
[ & Win ]
[ Where Do You Start? ]
[ When Do You Finish? ]
[ Do You Give It Your Heart? ]
[ Or Is That Just A Wish? ]
[ When You Watch What You Say ]
[ & Then Figure Things Out ]
[ You’ll Come To The Day ]
[ When You Figure Out What Life Is All About ]
[ When You Play To Win, Not Lose ]
[ You Make The Conscious Choice ]
[ To Choose ]
[ Of Whether Or Not To Use Your Voice ]
[ Or Drown Your Sorrows In Booze ]
[ Alcohol Is Not The Choice That You Should Make ]
[ There Could Be ]
[ The Chance When You Wake ]
[ Your Head Could Feel Like You’ve Been Through An
Earthquake ]
[ When Your Head Rattles & Rolls ]
[ It’s Your Body That Takes The Toll ]
[ Each & Everytime You Come To ]
[ You Are Less Than Whole ]
[ In Today’s Society ]
[ Much Less Your Own Family ]
[ One Day You’ll Wake & See ]
[ How Things Are No Longer Free ]
[ & How Destructive Your Behavior Can Be ]
[ To Yourself ]
[ & To Everyone Else ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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