[ Here I Sit All Broken Hearted ]
[ I Mistakenly Thought That We Had A Relationship Started ]
[ Where Did My Thinking Go Oh So Wrong? ]
[ It Seemed Like One Minute You Were Here ]
[ & The Next Minute You Were Gone ]
[ It Wasn’t Very Clear ]
[ That I Knew, What Was Actually Going On ]
[ Will You Help Me Straighten Things Out ]
[ & Let Me Know What Your Absence Is All About? ]
[ When Did The Direction Of Our Relationship Go South? ]
[ Was It When I Opened My Mouth ]
[ If It Was, What Did I Say? ]
[ If I Messed This Up ]
[ Tell Me, In What Way? ]
[ Is There Anythíng Left To Save ]
[ After We Parted With A Wave ]
[ I Thought, For Sure We Were On Good Terms ]
[ Tell Me, What Do I Have To Learn? ]
[ Are The Bridges Burned? ]
[ Teach Me? ]
[ Help Me See ]
[ How I Can Get To Be, The Best That I Can Be? ]
[ So Do You Know? ]
[ Where This Is Going To Go? ]
[ If You Don’t, Why Not? ]
[ Don’t You Realize What You’ve Got? ]
[ I Thought ]
[ That I Really Meant Alot ]
[ Where Is Your Mindset? ]
[ What Did You Want To Get? ]
[ When We First Met? ]
[ Were We Not, Then? ]
[ If Not, When? ]
[ Since I know That We Cannot Begin ]
[ Again ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(98)▪︎[ Why Good People? … 2•1•2020 ]
[ Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People Everyday ]
[ We All Are Just Treading Water In This Big Sea, Called Life ]
[ Looking For The Way ]
[ That We Are Supposed To Go ]
[ Because As We Grow ]
[ We Can Come To The Resolution That @ Times ]
[ We Just Don’t Know ]
[ If We Should Go Straight ]
[ & Run Into A Locked Gate ]
[ Or Make A Hard Right ]
[ & Stop ]
[ Before We Get To That Bright Light ]
[ Because That Light Is An Oncoming Train ]
[ That Is Trying To Mess With Our Brain ]
[ Making Us Ask Ourselves ]
[ ( ARE WE OKAY, OR INSANE? ) ]
[ Then Someone Asks You ]
[ { IS THERE A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO? } ]
[ If There Is ]
[ Then Who Knew? ]
[ Who Knows How To Really Define What’s Going On In Your
Own Head ]
[ Before You’re Dead? ]
[ Can You Learn To Thrive ]
[ While You Are Alive? ]
[ Does Your Ego Need A Boost Every Now & Then? ]
[ If So, When? ]
[ It Is Also So Sweet ]
[ To Be Able To Ignore Those Ridiculous Tweets ]
[ While You Are Still Standing On Your Own Two Feet ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(550)▪︎[ Big M Is My Hero … 7•5•2021 ]
[ Wow, It Is Fire Season Again? ]
[ Why Does It Even Have To Begin ]
[ I Meant It When I Said That You Are One Of The Hardest
Working Men That I Know? ]
[ You Don’t Even Know How To Go Slow ]
[ When You Start A Project You Are Done Sooner Than
Projected ]
[ When You Start A Project The End Result Is Always
Better Than Expected ]
[ It Takes A Special Kind Of Man To Be A Wildlife Fire
Fighter Such As Yourself ]
[ With The Exception Of You Guys ]
[ There Is Nobody Else ]
[ Hey This Summer Could I Get A Cool Sweatshirt That
I Could Count As My Own? ]
[ If I Do, My Mind Will Be Blown! ]
[ I Have Just Gotten Used To You Being Around ]
[ I Have Really Been Enjoying Having You Around ]
[ I Have Been Liking The Visits When You Come Around ]
[ Your Job Is Not Done Here ]
[ We Still Need To Get Him Out Of Here ]
[ It Started With Him Looking Up To You ]
[ Then You Gave Him What Was Way Overdue ]
[ When We Met You Were Kind Of Reserved & Quiet ]
[ Now You Are A Riot! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(581)▪︎[ Nancy Jo’s Burgers … 7•14•2021 ]
[ It Was A Hot July Day ]
[ The Time Was Around 1:00 In The Afternoon ]
[ & We Wanted To Find A Good Restaurant Where We Could
Sit & Stay ]
[ As Long As We Wanted ]
[ Without Being Taunted ]
[ We Remembered This Great Burger Joint Off Of Commercial
Street ]
[ They Have Freshly Made Burgers That Can’t Be Beat ]
[ But I Had A Memory That Soon Made A Point ]
[ About The Last Time That We Ate @ One Of Their Burger
Joints ]
[ It Was The Woodburn One, Where Four Of Us Went To Eat ]
[ When We Inquired About Eating Inside & Taking A Seat ]
[ This Rude Cashier, Pretty Much Said We Could Get Our Food ]
[ But, We Would Have To Take It Outside To The Street ]
[ We Ordered Our Food, Then Defiantly Sat @ A Table ]
[ I Thought That If Their Sign Still Said ( OPEN ) ]
[ Then We Were Able ]
[ The Food Came Out & Of Course It Was Good ]
[ But That Cashier Remained Standing Right There In A Bad, Fuming
Mood ]
[ Thinking That We Misunderstood ]
[ But Then She Had The Gall ]
[ To Make This Intercom Call ]
[ She Yelled Out A Name Very Loud … Twice ]
[ If I Was The Person She Called I Would Not Have Gone
Up There ]
[ Because She Did Not Sound, Very Nice ]
[ Then She Said ( CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE THIS? ) In
A Very Loud Voice ]
[ I Thought That Her Deciding To Say That Was The Most Horrible
Choice ]
[ Of Words ]
[ That I Have Ever Heard ]
[ In A Restaurant ]
[ That Loud Woman Was No Polite Little Debutante ]
[ Even Though The Food Gives Out A Great Smell ]
[ She Didn’t Represent The Business Very Well ]
[ I Went Up To The Loud Woman & Asked For The Phone
Number Of The Owner ]
[ She Gave It To Me, But I Did Not Like The Tone,
Coming From Her ]
[ She Acted Like I Was An Inconvenience By Just Being
There ]
[ The Mood That I Was In ]
[ I Really Didn’t Care ]
[ So, I Matched Her Stare For Stare ]
[ I Called The Number & It Just Rang & Rang, Then Stopped
Without Any Voicemail ]
[ I Think The Call Failed ]
[ Because She Handed Me Bullshit, In A Pail ]
[ I Went Back Up & Got The Cooks Attention, This Time ]
[ I Gave Him A Tip That Was (30) Times Better Than A Dime ]
[ & When We Were Done & That Little Bitch Wondered If She
Would Get Any? ]
[ I Left Her A Message With An Unspoken Word ]
[ By Leaving Her A Single, Dull Penny ]
[ But Today We Ate @ The Salem ( NANCY’S JO’S BURGERS &
FRIES ) ]
[ If I Said That They Make The Best Burgers ]
[ I Would Not Be Telling You Lies ]
[ Nikita Was The Manager/Cashier With Her Left Arm In A Sling ]
[ But That Didn’t Stop Her From Doing Most Of Everything ]
[ She Is Polite, Courteous & Fast When She Rings Things Up ]
[ She Will Hand The Order To The Back ]
[ Then She Will Give You Your Change, While Handing You
A Cup ]
[ Who Needs Two Good Arms When Nikita Is Around? ]
[ She Takes The Place Of Three People, I’ve Found ]
[ The Burgers & Fries Were Great ]
[ & So Were The (2) Milkshakes ]
[ Our Whole Experience, From Greeting To Goodbye, In Salem
Were (5) Stars Above Woodburn ]
[ The Next Time We Are Up There We Won’t Give It Another
Turn ]
[ Woodburn Was As Bad As Salem Shines ]
[ We Went To One Place, Once Too Many ]
[ We Will Continue To Go To The Salem One Many More
Times ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(573)▪︎[ Almost Moving Day … 7•13•2021 ]
[ Well, Tomorrow Is The Big Day ]
[ & What Can I Say? ]
[ Good Luck! ]
[ Go Ducks! ]
[ I Don’t Really Know ]
[ This Day Took A Really Slow ]
[ Time, Getting Here ]
[ & Now It Is Near ]
[ & The Date Is Marked So Clear ]
[ I Am Not Jumping Up & Down For Joy ]
[ Like A Wind-Up Toy ]
[ Because He Will Always Be My Boy ]
[ But There Is The Fact ]
[ About How Dangerous He Acts ]
[ To Me & Others ]
[ Even Towards His Mother ]
[ Clear To His Soul ]
[ He Has Become Out Of Control ]
[ When He Gets Confronted, He Clenches His Fists ]
[ & That Shows That He Is Pissed ]
[ Off ]
[ & All Of His Common Sense Is Lost ]
[ So, Yes It Is About Time That He Takes His Groove ]
[ & Move ]
[ See How He Deals With Others After The Honeymoon
Stage ]
[ Is Over ]
[ & He Acts (4) Years Younger Than His Actual Age ]
[ Than They Will See The Actual, Real Him ]
[ & He Becomes A Problem ]
[ I Was & Am Tired Of The Rampant Disrespect That He
Shows ]
[ & How He Thumbs His Nose ]
[ @ Whatever I Have Said ]
[ & Does Whatever He Wants To Do Instead ]
[ Just Like It Is Almost Moving Time ]
[ This Is The End Of This Specific Rhyme ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(557)▪︎[ More Stress … 7•7•2021 ]
[ Stress Spreads Out From Sea To Shining Sea ]
[ Sucking In The Air ]
[ Keeping You From Feeling Free ]
[ Freedom For You Seems Like A Myth ]
[ Kind Of Like A Dog Chasing A Stick ]
[ Will It Be Into The Ocean, Or Across The Yard ]
[ Making The Ability To Find It, Extremely Hard ]
[ It Can Be Exclusive ]
[ Or Inclusive ]
[ Depending On The State ]
[ That Could Also Depend On The Wait ]
[ Is Freedom Worth Waiting For? ]
[ Worth Knocking On Every Door? ]
[ What Would Be The Norm? ]
[ It Would Be In What Form? ]
[ Would It Make You Conform ]
[ Because A Rag Soaked In Choroform ]
[ Was Put Over Your Mouth & Nose ]
[ Because That Was What Somebody Chose? ]
[ Then You Ask ]
[ Behind Your Covid Mask ]
[ ( IS THIS REALLY WHAT FREEDOM IS? ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(558)▪︎[ Better Now Or Not? … 7•7•2021 ]
[ Are You Better Off Now, Than You Were Before? ]
[ When You Went Into Your House A Year Ago ]
[ & Closed The Door? ]
[ On Everyone That Did Not Live There ]
[ If They Didn’t ]
[ It Did Not Matter From Where ]
[ Because Death Was Everywhere ]
[ How Are Your Relations With Strangers Now? ]
[ They Are Good? ]
[ How? ]
[ Things Are Just Misunderstood? ]
[ Wow! ]
[ Do You Talk To Strangers Anymore? ]
[ When Your Doorbell Rings ]
[ Are You More Wary Now Than Before ]
[ COVID ’19 ]
[ About Who Is On The Other Side Of The Door? ]
[ How Are Your Views On The Issue Of Race? ]
[ Does It Still Matter About The Color ]
[ Of Another Person’s Face? ]
[ When Looking @ Another ]
[ Why Should It Matter In The First Place? ]
[ You Don’t See Strangers, Stopping & Talking ]
[ You Only See Strangers Walking ]
[ Walking Right By ]
[ Without So Much As Saying ( HI ) ]
[ & No One Looks You In The Eyes ]
[ How Are People Supposed To Start Meeting? ]
[ How Are People Supposed To Meet & Go Out Eating? ]
[ Singles Are Meeting Through Computer Apps & Sights ]
[ Without Meeting ]
[ They Are Spending Their Nights ]
[ Swiping Left Or Swiping Right ]
[ No Arguing, That Causes A Fight ]
[ Even If It Did ]
[ Nobody Is In The Same Room @ Night ]
[ You Still Find It Safer Leaving Your Mask On ]
[ Because The Virus Is Not Gone ]
[ You Don’t Think Things Are Better Off? ]
[ Nobody Can Get Back The Time, Money Or Lives That Were Lost ]
[ That Doesn’t Make Now, Better Than Before The ‘VID ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(571)▪︎[ So Many Textures!! … 7•12•2021 ]
[ ( OH NO, THERE ARE SO MANY TEXTURES HERE! ) Is
What You Scream ]
[ Four Or Five @ The Same Time Has Never Been A Dream ]
[ It Is More Like A War Going On In Your Mouth ]
[ You Quickly Spit It Out ]
[ Who Dared To Talk You Into Eating That One? ]
[ Think It Was Me, Because I Wanted To Have Some Fun ]
[ It Was Something That Was Was Totally Harmless ]
[ It Would Have Disolved In Your Mouth Under (3) Seconds
@ Best ]
[ I Can’t Get Very Much By You These Days ]
[ & Believe Me, I Try To, In All Different Ways ]
[ But It So Much Fun To See & Hear Your Reactions ]
[ It Is More Fun Than Throwing You An Issue That Involves
Math Fractions ]
[ Because I Am A Much Better Friend To You Than Math Has
Ever Been ]
[ I Have Never Asked You To Multiply, Then ]
[ Divide 3.1638953079473 By Ten ]
[ I Am A Much Better Friend Than That ]
[ & No I Never Disliked When You Were Wearing A Hat ]
[ Your Hat Selection Was Always Very Amusing ]
[ How They Fit Into The Ambiance Of Your Outfits Was
Always Confusing ]
[ You Always Came Here For My Son ]
[ But You Would Eventually Come Back To Talk To Me
Because You Were So Done ]
[ You Never Stood In Front Of Me Being Mild & Meek ]
[ & Through Your Time Here ]
[ I Think That I Have Almost Become An Expert @
( ASHA SPEAK ) ]
[ If You Were An Outsider, The ( HMMs, EMs HMMs, & MMs )
Might Drive You Delirious ]
[ But I Come To Call That ( PART OF THE ASHA EXPERIENCE ) ]
[ I Guess To Some It Would Be Like ( GOING DAKINE ) ]
[ To Alcohol Drinkers It Would Be Like The Feeling You Get
When You Dink Fine Wine ]
[ Enough Of The Hawaiian Coming Out From Me ]
[ Whenever You Eat Something New, It Is So Fun To Sit
Back & See ]
[ How You Look It Over ]
[ Then How You Smell It All Over ]
[ Then There Is THE First Small Taste ]
[ Then If You Like It, There Will Be No Waste ]
[ When It Comes To Have An Experience With A ( FOODY ) You
Are My First ]
[ I Loved It When It Took You (3) Days To Get Up The Nerve
To Ask Me For A Water ]
[ To Quench Your Thirst ]
[ The ( ASHA EXPERIENCE ) Will Not Stop Here ]
[ Ash, Do I Make My Point Clear? ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(570)▪︎[ Thank You, Ash … 7•12•2021 ]
[ How Do I Close Our Front Door On Your Last Shift ]
[ Everytime You Came Here You Gave Me An Emotional
Lift ]
[ You Stepped In Whenever Zoey Called Out ]
[ You Protected Me, Without My Need To Shout ]
[ I Know Why You Came Back ]
[ You Wanted To Protect Me If BD Chose To Attack ]
[ Me One Night ]
[ You Chose To Protect Me If He Stepped Up To Fight ]
[ I Know ]
[ That You Could Have Reported Him Many Many Months
Ago ]
[ Maybe You Did Not Want Me To Go Through The Headache
Of The Investigation That Would Follow ]
[ @ An Early Time Here ]
[ You Found Out That His Words Sounded Hollow ]
[ I Know That You Were Put Through Hell ]
[ & Things That I Heard ]
[ Did Not Sit With Me Very Well ]
[ It Was Hard For You To Even Repeat Any Of His Words ]
[ Sometimes, I Could Tell ]
[ But You Stood Tall ]
[ & Remained Strong ]
[ You Showed Him That He Was Hitting A Wall ]
[ When He Was Doing Something Wrong ]
[ I Am Going To Miss You Beyond What Words Can Say ]
[ Everytime You Showed Up ]
[ You Made My Day ]
[ Ash, You Are Really Going To Be Missed! ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(229)▪︎[ What Kind Of Pain? … 3•6•2020 ]
[ Emotional Pain Is Inward Which Makes Us Avoid Ourselves ]
[ Because We Know Of Nothing Else ]
[ It’s Like Not Using A Belt ]
[ So Your Pants Don’t Fall Down ]
[ You Wouldn’t Know How Others Felt ]
[ When You Looked Like A Clown ]
[ The Cause & Effect Of Brent’s Death Is Another Reason
& Example To Not Take Another Drink ]
[ Stop & Think ]
[ Would This Push Me To The Brink? ]
[ Of What? ]
[ A Punch In The Gut? ]
[ An Undercut? ]
[ But, But, But ]
[ How Would I Know That Would Not Be The Time That I Would
Get Addicted? ]
[ Can That Be Predicted? ]
[ While You Are Convicted? ]
[ The Answer Would Be ( NO! ) ]
[ ( I WOULD NOT KNOW ) ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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