[ You Made A Wish Upon A Shining Star When It Was Pitch
Black Dark, In The Night ]
[ It Was So Dark Outside ]
[ You Were Torn Between Your (FIGHT OR FLIGHT) ]
[ That’s The Frame Of Mind That You Get In When You Feel
That You Need To Save Your Own Ass ]
[ It Is Also The Kind of Thinking That You Have When You’re Trying
To Get Away From Your Past ]
[ No One That You Know Likes To Be Passed ]
[ & Then Wind Up Coming In Last ]
[ When The Sun Comes Up, You’re Blinded For A Second Or Two ]
[ Since You’re Not Usually Outside @ This Time ]
[ This Event Was Something New ]
[ You Told Yourself That You Needed To Do This Again ]
[ When It’s A Clear Blue Sky ]
[ With No Rain Or Wind ]
[ You’ve Never Been Fond Of Windy Weather ]
[ It Moves Things All Around ]
[ & That Mixes Things Together ]
[ When You’re Out In Short Sleeves ]
[ Raking Leaves ]
[ Into Piles ]
[ The Wind Comes Along ]
[ & Then Makes A Mess For Miles ]
[ You Guess The Weather Can Put A Crimp In Your Plans For Doing
Yard Work ]
[ The Wind Is Not One Of Nature’s Perks ]
[ It’s More Like The Kid From Down The Street ]
[ Coming Through & Acting Like A Jerk ]
[ You’ll Take The Calm Weather Of A New Sunny Day ]
[ You Could Only Wish That You Could Start Every Morning
In That Kind Of Peaceful Way ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(803)▪︎[ Baa Baa Little Sheep … 9•22•2021 ]
[ Look @ All Of The Sheep ]
[ Pushing Their Carts Around The Huge Store, Without Making
A Peep ]
[ Every Sheep Going In The Desired Direction ]
[ Don’t Make Eye Contact ]
[ Because That Might Cause A Connection ]
[ Sheep Do Not Go To The Grocery Store To Connect ]
[ Not A Wave To Each Other To Acknowledge That They
Are Alive ]
[ Out Of Respect ]
[ Each Sheep & Their Given Cart Are All From Different
Flocks ]
[ Being On Borrowed Time, On Their Wall Clock’s]
[ Every Sheep Getting In Place ]
[ Every Sheep Has A Blank Stare On Their Face ]
[ Not One Single Sheep Has Smiled ]
[ For A Good Long Awhile ]
[ Some Days ]
[ Sheep Have Traveled From Miles Away ]
[ There Could Be Trouble ]
[ If (2) Sheep Stand Inside Each Other’s (6) Feet Bubble ]
[ Not One Sheep Will Dare Pull Down Their Mask ]
[ & Ask ]
[ (HEY SHEEP, HAVE YOU’ve BEEN VAX’d?) ]
[ Not One Sheep Dares ]
[ To Share ]
[ The Checkers Try To Avoid A Stampede ]
[ By Going @ Only ½ Speed ]
[ Bagging Is Only Accomplished By The Quick & Nimble Ewe’s ]
[ Why Is That? ]
[ That Is Just What Sheep Do ]
[ Even While The Sheep Walk ]
[ The Sheep Never Talk ]
[ So They Never Join A Union & Become A Flock ]
[ The Few Sheep That Walk Around Blindly ]
[ Do Not Act Very Kindly ]
[ To The Sheep That Do Not Act As Efficient ]
[ & Come In & Tries To Be Different ]
[ It Is Not Very Difficult ]
[ To Think That These Monotonous Sheep Act Like They Have
Joined A Cult ]
[ But Surprisingly That Would Be A (NO) ]
[ Maybe Then It Would Not Look Like A Big Shit-Show ]
[ The Order ]
[ Of The Day ]
[ Is To Cause Disorder ]
[ In The Worst Way ]
[ Make Confusing Suggestions Over The Intercom ]
[ Then Watch How Fast That Shakes Up The Calm ]
[ Disorder Everywhere ]
[ Sheep Going There, There & There ]
[ Searching For Their Shepherd ]
[ But They Cannot Find One Anywhere ]
[ Order Resumes & All The Sheep Continue Taking Their Place
In Line ]
[ One Sheep Shows Some Concern ]
[ During The Disorder One Sheep Drank A ½ Bottle Of Wine ]
[ Drunk Sheep Is What All Sheep Dread ]
[ So Then The Intercom Blares (CODE RED! CODE RED!) ]
[ The Lucky Ones Have Paid & Become Human Again As They Go
To Their Cars ]
[ Some Want To Become Sheep Again When They Frequent The
Bars ]
[ Why Do People Act Like Sheep @ Times In A Grocery Store? ]
[ It Just Makes You Want, To Run, Out The Door ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(805)▪︎[ Maybe They Were Not One … 9•23•2021 ]
[ It Is Hard When People Leave ]
[ But When You Look, Were They Ever Here? ]
[ Did They Have To Reach Up Their Sleeve ]
[ To Ever Show Some Cheer? ]
[ Were They Just A Shell Of Their True Self ]
[ When They Were With You ]
[ Were They Wishing They Were Talking With Someone Else? ]
[ No One Gives Their Undivided Attention All Of The Time ]
[ You May Have Thought That They Were Giving You $1’s Worth ]
[ When They Were Only Giving You A Dime ]
[ If Their Eyes Were Going Half Shut ]
[ That May Have Felt Like A Punch In The Gut ]
[ & Their Backhanded Compliments Always Included A
(YES, BUT …) ]
[ They Gladly Accepted A Gift Or Two ]
[ From You ]
[ Even Though It May Have Been Anticipated ]
[ Your Generosity ]
[ Was Never Reciprocated ]
[ In The End ]
[ Maybe They Never Were Your Friend ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(807)▪︎[ Then? … 9•24•2021 ]
[ You Have Noticed That Most People Have A Long History ]
[ Of Sophistry ]
[ ‘Round & ‘Round Their Long Tales Go ]
[ Where Will They Stop? ]
[ Only They Will Know ]
[ Why Do They Even Begin? ]
[ Are Their Goals ]
[ Only To Win ]
[ But ]
[ Only To Win What? ]
[ The Human Race ]
[ Is Not Exactly A Race, On Its Face ]
[ Is It To See Who Dies First? ]
[ Is It To Quench A Thirst? ]
[ Which Is What, You Ask Again ]
[ If You Do, Then? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(806)▪︎[ Where Is Your Home … 9•23•2021 ]
[ Where Is Your Home? ]
[ Do You Know? ]
[ Is It The Place Where You Sit Getting Fat? ]
[ Maybe It Is The Place Where You Hang Your Hat ]
[ A Place Where You Feel @ Ease ]
[ Where You Can Do What You Please ]
[ Can You Run Around The House Without Any Pants? ]
[ @ Least You Do Not Run Around Screaming Weird Chants ]
[ You Do Not Even Know A Single Chant ]
[ So You Can’t ]
[ It Is Nice To Be Able Sit In Your Own House @ Ease &
Feel Okay ]
[ Every Night & Every Day ]
[ The Only Threat To You Is Your Imagination ]
[ @ Times Your Common Sense, Goes On Vacation ]
[ What Comes Into Your Mind ]
[ Things That Are Not The Positive Kind ]
[ What Was That Noise? ]
[ Then Your Mind Has A Choice ]
[ Do You Let Your Mind Run Wild? ]
[ & Have As Much Control Over The Situation ]
[ As Would A Young Child? ]
[ (GROW UP) Is What Your Common Sense Will Say ]
[ Then You Will Let That Thought Fade Away ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(809)▪︎[ One Great Idea … 9•24•2021 ]
[ You Woke Up One Morning With One Of The Best Ideas
You Have Ever Had ]
[ You Finally Came Up With A Way Of Separating Yourself
From Your Dear Old Dad! ]
[ Your Idea Was To Drop His Last Name ]
[ So It Will Forever Be Changed ]
[ & It Will Never Be The Same ]
[ Because It Was Years Ago When Dear Old Don ]
[ Thought That He Heard Something That Was Never Said ]
[ & His Relationship With You As His Son Was Gone ]
[ Changing Your Last Name Would Feel Like Taking An Anchor Off
Of Your Neck ]
[ Then He Would Only Be A Tiny Speck ]
[ In Your World Then ]
[ You Wouldn’t Even Do A (REMEMBER WHEN?) ]
[ Then You Had To Figure Out What You Wanted To Change
It To ]
[ This Was Something That You Never Thought You Could Do ]
[ You Found Out A Piece Of Information From Barbara That
Made Your Younger Years Make Sense ]
[ Don Never Wanted To Raise A Boy ]
[ On His Side Of The Fence ]
[ You Were Told That You Were A Last Minute Throw In ]
[ Something That He Would Never Do Again ]
[ You Were Told That Barbara Had To Talk Him Into It ]
[ He Never Wanted To Raise A Little Shit ]
[ So He Was Ice Cold ]
[ Ever Since You Were Not Very Old ]
[ He Was Vacant & Distant ]
[ He Had No Patience ]
[ & Was Very Insistent ]
[ Having The Ability To Change Your Name Was Like Being
Given The Handcuff Key ]
[ That Ultimately ]
[ Would Set You Free ]
[ So The Last Name (DEVOE) Was The Maiden Name Of Your
Wife ]
[ When You Got Permission From Her Parents & Other
Siblings ]
[ It Changed Your Life ]
[ Now When You Hear Your Last Name, You Stand & Be Proud ]
[ Whenever You Used To Hear Your Old Last Name You
Would Say (HEY, PLEASE DON’t SAY THAT VERY LOUD) ]
[ You Have Always Wished That You Had The Knowledge To
Do That Years Ago ]
[ Oh! ]
[ If Only You Had The Know ]
[ It Would Have Saved You From Always Being Dragged So Down ]
[ Whenever You Heard Your Last Name Made Fun Of ]
[ It Made You Feel Like A Clown ]
[ & @ Times, You Hated The Sound ]
[ That Was A Hard Name To Grow Up With ]
[ The People Who Did Not Know You Said It Sounded Like (BITCH) ]
[ Whenever Someone Called You Just By Your Last Name It
Made You Cringe ]
[ If They Kept Doing It ]
[ It Made You Become Unhinged ]
[ That Was Not Some Of Your Best Behavior ]
[ It Was Like Eating Something That Had A Bitter Flavor ]
[ It Would Just Leave A Bad Taste In Your Mouth ]
[ Not The Actions That Made You Proud ]
[ Changing Your Last Name Was Better Than Sliced Bread ]
[ Your New, Permanent Last Name Does Not Mess With
Your Head ]
[ It Removed Any & All Connections With The Man Who Held
The Most Ridiculous Lifelong Grudge ]
[ He Should Have Held A Mirror In Front Of His Face Before
He Judged ]
[ Even On His Death Bed His Anger Would Not Budge ]
[ You Got The Last Laugh Before He Took One Hellish
Ride ]
[ His Last Name Ceased To Exist, Once He Died! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(804)▪︎[ Your Drunk Dog … 9•23•2021 ]
[ Wednesday, September 22nd Was The Night That Your
Dog Got Drunk ]
[ & Picked A Fight With An Annoying Skunk ]
[ You Had No Idea What Your Dog Was Thinking ]
[ You Found An Empty Bottle Of Mad Dog 20/20 By The
Back Door ]
[ So You Actually Found Out What She Had Been Drinking ]
[ If She Was Drinking, It Definitely Wasn’t A Fair Fight ]
[ Don’t Skunks Have Better Sight ]
[ @ Night? ]
[ Not Fair, Not Fair ]
[ Was Your Dog Too Drunk To Care? ]
[ You Feel Extremely Bad That You Were Not Out There ]
[ While You Were Inside Writing Stories To Put On Your Blog ]
[ You Should Have Helped Your Drunk Dog ]
[ You Had Never Seen A Tipsy Dog, Until Now ]
[ You Understand The Why ]
[ You Just Do Not Understand The How ]
[ You Never Thought That We Kept Any Alcohol In Our House ]
[ Maybe You Should Take A Minute To Ask Your Spouse ]
[ Your Dog Really Came Out The Loser ]
[ You Wonder How Long That Your Sweet Innocent Freckles ]
[ Had Been A Boozer? ]
[ Do They Have An A.A. Treatment Program For Alcoholic
Pets? ]
[ Would It Have To Be Facilitated By Trained Vets? ]
[ Any Bets? ]
[ You Dog Has Been A Loaner ]
[ You Hope That She Doesn’t Learn How To Get High ]
[ & Become A Yippee Stoner ]
[ But How Do You Deal With A Drunken Canine? ]
[ You Think That She Will Have A Real Problem ]
[ If She Started To Whine ]
[ All Night For Some Red Wine ]
[ The Situation Will Start To Get Harder ]
[ If She Will Always Demand Alcohol ]
[ Instead Of A Bowl Of Ice Cold Water ]
[ You Feel Kind Of Ashamed How She Is Turning Out ]
[ When You Keep The Booze Away From Her, She Sits & Pouts ]
[ If Anyone Out There Has Any Tips ]
[ My Dog Will Give You A Few Yips ]
[ You Hope The Skunk Stays Satisfied & Takes A Victory Lap ]
[ You Hope The Celebration Won’t Be Too Loud ]
[ So As Not To Disturb Your Dogs (10) Naps ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(802)▪︎[ A Loss Is A Loss … 9•22•2021 ]
[ A Man Doesn’t Know Loss, Until He Has Lost Somebody He
Loved ]
[ A Loss Is Not Losing His Left Glove ]
[ A Loss When Someone Went To Sleep Deeper ]
[ Than Ever Before ]
[ Because He Got A Knock On The Door By The Grim Reaper ]
[ No More Calls, No More Text ]
[ He Will No Longer Be Around To Find Out What Happens Next ]
[ Who Are You Going To Call … Now? ]
[ He Was There Yesterday ]
[ But Then, WOW! ]
[ He Was Gone ]
[ He Moved On ]
[ Nobody Even Had A Hunch ]
[ That Yesterday He Was Getting His Ticket Punched ]
[ (BUT HE ONLY HAD A COUGH!) ]
[ Now, You Get The Hard Part ]
[ Because You Are Still Alive & Have To Deal With The Loss! ]
[ You Are Still Alive! ]
[ But Are You Stuck In Park? ]
[ Or Running In Drive ]
[ You Will Never Get Over Your Loss, Ever ]
[ The Person Is Gone, Forever ]
[ You Will Learn To Live With Him Being Part Of Your Memories ]
[ Part Of Several Stories ]
[ He Would Not Want You To Sink Into Despair ]
[ & Go Beyond Repair ]
[ Hitting The Bottle More Than The Times You Hit The Gym? ]
[ Can They Get You Back? ]
[ Your Family & Friends Both Say (THE CHANCES ARE SLIM) ]
[ Sometimes A Death Breaks Up A Marriage Or A Family ]
[ The Odds Show That Could Happen ]
[ Is That Your Destiny? ]
[ Then Drugs & Alcohol Come In To The Picture ]
[ Yes, You Should Be Sure ]
[ It Is A Band-Aid For The Hurt ]
[ Not The Cure ]
[ There Is NOT One ]
[ What Is Done Is Done! ]
[ Lean On Those That You Trust ]
[ That Is A Must ]
[ Pain Doesn’t Go Away, But It Can Fade ]
[ This Journey Back Is Not Easy ]
[ It Sure Makes You Look Within, To See How You Are Made ]
[ Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds ]
[ Unless You Decide To Live In A Cocoon ]
[ That Is Impossible ]
[ Make A Better Life Where Anything Is Possible ]
[ Be Happy With The Memories ]
[ & Don’t Take Everything So Seriously ]
[ Live, Laugh & @ Times Let Yourself Cry ]
[ Sometimes There Is Not An Answer For Every (WHY?) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(005)▪︎[ What’s Possible … 1•2•2020 ]
[ @ Times You See What’s Possible ]
[ Instead Of What’s Already Here ]
[ When Things Look Attainable ]
[ You Look For Ways To Make The Vision Clear ]
[ Some People Make Things Happen ]
[ Others Look To Dampen ]
[ The Bright Days Of Their Peers ]
[ & They’ve Been Doing That For Years ]
[ They Just Want To Rain On People’s Parades ]
[ They Do This Under The Disguise That They Are Playing
An Innocent Game Of Charades ]
[ Just Never Turn Your Back ]
[ & Watch Out For A Stab ]
[ For It Will Inevitably Come ]
[ Some People Around You Have No Heart ]
[ & Their Emotions Are Cold & Numb ]
[ Sometimes In Life You Have To Play The Game ]
[ It Might Be Different In Name ]
[ But Their Objective Is The Same ]
[ Disrupt The Calm ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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(801)▪︎[ To My Friend … 9•22•2021 ]
[ Saying (I AM SORRY) Just Doesn’t Cover It ]
[ Not Even A Little Bit ]
[ The Sorrow Cannot Be Measured ]
[ But The Memories Are Really Treasured ]
[ You Might Feel Like Your Life Is Tumbling Out Of
Control ]
[ What Can Fill The Hole ]
[ You Have In Your Heart? ]
[ You Ask (WHEN CAN THAT START?) ]
[ Gather Your Friends & Family, Then Hug Them Tight ]
[ Please Remember The Friends That Are Not Always In
Your Sight ]
[ Do Not Fight What You Feel ]
[ Because Mourning Is Real ]
[ & Oh Yea ]
[ I Have To Give A Shout Out To Where & When Our Friendship
Started ]
[ The Year Was (1998) & The Unit Was Omega ]
[ I Did A (2) Term, (12) Weeks Practicum ]
[ For College ]
[ & The 1st Week I Felt So Dumb ]
[ The 1st Day I Was There, I Knew You Were The Alpha Dog ]
[ The Way That You Dealt With The Kids ]
[ & By What & How You Wrote In The Log ]
[ You Took Me Under Your Wing & Taught Me The Ways ]
[ You Showed Me How To Work The Nights ]
[ & Then The Days ]
[ You & Carla Were The Main Reasons That I ONLY Interviewed
For That Unit ]
[ I Couldn’t See That The Others Would Be A Good Fit ]
[ I Always Knew That You Had Higher Aspirations ]
[ That Was One Of The Reasons That You Were Such An
Inspiration ]
[ Then It All Crumbled ]
[ But You Wouldn’t Let Me Stumble ]
[ You Were The ONLY ONE That Stuck By Me When The Shit Hit
The Fan ]
[ You Sent Me Short, Uplifting Texts With (4) Words ]
[(HANG IN THERE, MAN!) ]
[ I Have Admired You Since That 1st Day On The Floor ]
[ Please Know That You Will Always Be Welcomed @ My
Door ]
[ We May Not Be Good @ Keeping In Touch ]
[ Much ]
[ I Still Love You Even Though You Root For The Las Vegas
Raiders ]
[ Since They Left California, Are They Now Called The
(TRAIDERS?) ]
[ I Miss The Short Text (HEY BUDDY) From You Come
Across My Screen ]
[ Those Are (2) Words That Would Stop My Daily Routine ]
[ When Things Get Rough ]
[ Remember The Friends That Helped When Things Were
Tough ]
[(HANG IN THERE, MAN!) ]
[ Much Respect & Love ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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