(447)▪︎[ The Holiday Season … 2025 ]

[ Yo Ho Ho, It ‘Tis The Holiday Season Of The Year ]
[ When It Is Time To Go Broke ]
[ It Is Supposed To Bring You Good Cheer ]
[ & When You Start Mixing Some Kind Of Alcohol, In With Your Diet Coke ]

[ Nobody Cares About The Other (2) Holidays ]
[ The Effects Of Those Holidays Do Not Really Last ]
[ The Last Holiday Of The Year Pays ]
[ Really Fast ]

[ That Is The Holiday That Retail Businesses Really Count On ]
[ There Is Not Any Money Left In Their Banks ]
[ When The Year Is Almost Gone ]

[ Working In Retail Security For (8) Long Years Sure Took Its Toll ]
[ & Working Those Holiday Seasons Really Kicked Your Ass ]
[ If You Were To Go Around To All Of The Full Time Workers & Take A Poll ]
[ If Given The Choice Of Working The Holiday Season’s, Most Of Them Would Take A Pass ]

[ There Were (2) Holiday Season’s, Before Working Security, When You Even Took The Foolish Chance @ Working @ A Portland Area “Toys R Us” Store ]
[ It Was Wall To Wall Kids From The Very Second The Manager Opened The Door ]
[ It Seemed Like When A Parent Left Their Child On The Floor ]
[ They Would Run To Their Car While Yelling, “I Will Pick Them Back Up Around (4)” ]

[ It Made Alot Of Employees That Were Restocking The Shelves On The Aisles, Kind Of Nervous ]
[ The Consensus Question That Most Employees Had ]
[ “Since When Did We Also Become A Babysitting Service?” ]
[ “For Every Mom Or Dad?” ]

[ You Had No Patience For Telling A Little Kid, “Don’t Run!” ]
[ Kids Were Only There To Have Fun ]
[ You Were Only There To Get Your Assigned Jobs Done ]

[ Working Retail During The Holiday’s Is The Best Birth Control You Could Ever Have ]
[ If You Were Ever Riding The Fence About Having Kids In The Future ]
[ Working Around All Of The Screaming, Whining Kids, Will Cut Your Want In ½ ]

[ If Your Significant Other Doesn’t Understand The Work That You Have To Do ]
[ They Won’t Understand The Extended Hours ]
[ & They Won’t Like All The Time That They Can’t Be With You ]

[ Some Partner’s Never Understand The Other Person’s Job’s ]
[ More Than ½ The Time ]
[ Men Do Not Understand Why Their Partner Sob’s ]

[ Retail During The Holidays Is Really A Mind Changer ]
[ The Holidays Have Transitioned Into Chasing Or Spending The Mighty Dollar ]
[ Lost In The Transition Was The Fictitional Story About The Baby That Was Born In The Manger ]

[ What Happend To The Sharing Of Love ]
[ & Giving Your Spouse A Gift? ]
[ Now All You Remember Is The Last Customer That Gave You A Hard Shove ]
[ Then Causing You To Work An Overtime Shift ]

[ The Holidays Create Their Own Individual Mess ]
[ It Causes A Business ]
[ & The Employees, So Much Stress ]
[ Especially If The Yearly Sales Outlook Comes Out Looking Like They Are Going To Make Alot Less ]

[ Neighbors No Longer Know The Name Of Someone Who Lives In The Next House ]
[ Some People Only Want To See Their Neighbor’s Spouse ]

[ Totally Forgetting The Line, “If You Settle In To A Married Life” ]
[ “Do Not Go Next Door & Try To Covet Your Neighbor’s Wife” ]

[ These Are Some Of The Main Reasons ]
[ Why You Call The Time Around Christmas ]
[ The “Silly Season” ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(766)▪︎[ George To The Rescue … 12•24•2022 ]

[ (HO OH NO) Says Santa Clause ]
[ He Became Really Worried ]
[ Because The Icy Roof Tops, Made Santa Pause ]

[ Would He Be Able To Deliver, All Of These Bikes & Toys ]
[ To Put Under The Trees ]
[ For All Of Those Good Girls & Boys? ]

[ He Said (OH, NOW I KNOW HOW I CAN) ]
[ (I WILL GIVE A CALL, TO SUPERMAN) ]

[ So He Made That Call ]
[ But Superman’s Phone, Just Rang & Rang On The Wall ]

[ Santa Was Stumped ]
[ He Sat Down With A (THUMP) ]

[ He Needs Someone Who Has A Flying Saucer That Can Fly Above
The Clouds ]
[ Up So High ]
[ That It Won’t Attract Any Crowds ]

[ He Knew That Geoege Jetson ]
[ Had One ]

[ When He Called, George Answered It On The Very First Ring ]
[ George Told Santa That His New Van Sized Saucer ]
[ Could Probably Hold Everything ]

[ He Told Santa, That He Would Be There In A Minute ]
[ When Santa Hung Up ]
[ George Was Almost Climbing In It ]

[ He Checked His Gauges, Especially The Ones For Gas ]
[ It Looked Like He Had A Full Tank ]
[ So George Thought, (I HOPE THAT AMOUNT WILL LAST) ]

[ Off He Went, Into The Dark Dark Sky ]
[ If He Said That He Was A Little Bit Excited To Help ]
[ He Was Not Telling A Lie ]

[ His GPS Was Instructing Him On What To Do ]
[ Like Which Ways To Turn ]
[ It Eventually Told George To Come Out Of The Clouds, To Get
A Better View ]

[ George Started To Think, That Santa Ran Into A Problem ]
[ He Couldn’t See Santa ]
[ But Santa’s Sleigh Was Directly Below Him ]

[ So George Brought His Saucer To Solid Ground ]
[ Then He Started To Look All Around ]
[ Santa Was Nowhere To Be Found ]

[ Then Rudolph Said That He Wanted To Spill The Beans ]
[ So George Said, (BY ALL MEANS) ]

[ All Of A Sudden, George Thought That The Night Air Felt Crisp ]
[ When Rudolph Started Talking Really Fast ]
[ He Was Hard To Understand, Because He Had A Severe Lisp ]

[ Especially When He Got Really Nervous ]
[ All Of The Reindeer Started To Get Antsy ]
[ Because They Were All Brought Together, To Provide A Service ]

[ Rudolph Said A Bunch Of Super Hero’s Came By In A Very Large
     Car ]
[ Santa Told Rudolph That They Were All Going Down To The
     Neighborhood Bar ]

[ George Was Alot More Than Miffed ]
[ Santa Had The Nerve To Leave All Of These Reindeer Just
Standing Around ]
[ Hooked Up To A Sleigh Full Of Gifts ]

[ (3) Hours Later They See A Drunk Santa, Walking Towards Them
In The Middle Of The Street ]
[ He Was Carrying His Boots ]
[ Because He Said, That They Hurt His Feet ]

[ George Knew That He Had To Sober Santa, Back Up ]
[ So He Went About Giving Santa Some Starbucks Black Coffee ]
[ Cup After Cup ]

[ Then, It Started To Heavily Snow ]
[ Santa Told George That They Were Way Behind Schedule ]
[ George Said (WE NEED SOME HELP)(IS THERE ANYONE YOU
KNOW?) ]

[ Santa Then Let Out A Big Belly Laugh ]
[ He Took Out (2) Really Big Stacks Of Business Cards & Handed
     Some To George ]
[ Santa Said (I WILL CALL THESE GUYS & THEN YOU CALL
     THAT ½) ]

[ In An Hour There Was A Line Of Amazon Trucks, Maybe (2)
     Miles Long ]
[ Their Supervisor Got Out Of The First Truck & Told Santa That
     He Was Doing This All Wrong ]

[ Santa Was Told That He Should Have Faxed This List To Amazon’s
Main Wharehouse (3) Weeks Ago ]
[ He Told Santa (THE OLD WAY THAT YOU DO THIS, IS WAY TOO
SLOW!) ]

[ He Said (AMAZON CAN BE HIRED) ]
[ To Do This With 2nd Day Air, Once The Family Signs Up For Their
Amazon Prime ]
[ Once The Sleigh Was Empty, He & His Reindeer Finally Retired ]
[ For The Last Time ]

[ Santa Thanked George Jetson For Coming To His Aid ]
[ Santa Felt Good About The Friends He Just Made ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(1138)▪︎[ Happy December 25th, Everyone … 12•24•2020 ]

[ Here I Stand On Another December 25th Celebrating The
     Day ]
[ When I Asked Nicole The Biggest, Most Important Question
     That I Had Ever Asked ]
[ & She Answered With An ( EH, OKAY ) ]

[ Well Actually She Did Not Answer Me @ That Time ]
[ So Instead, She Gave Me Tears ]
[ Maybe Because She Saw How Big Of A Mountain This Would
     Be To Climb ]

[ So This Will Be Our 27th, December 25th Together ]
[ In Marriage, Things Sometimes Change As Fast As The
     Oregon Weather ]

[ This Years December 25th Will Be Different Because I Am
     Enjoying The Company Of Two New Friends ]
[ Friends & Family Means So Much More To Me Than Others Can
     Comprehend ]

[ My Circle Is As Small ]
[ As I Am Tall ]
[ But … I Do Not Mind That @ All ]

[ Z., You Came Into My Life On The 29th Of May ]
[ Maria Stopped Being My Cargiver 4 Days Earlier ]
[ Much To My Dismay ]
[ Because I Had No Say ]
[ For Things To Turn Out That Way ]

[ So When I Opened My Door & Met You, Z. ]
[ I Really Wondered If You Would Be ]
[ Patient Enough ]
[ To Take Care Of Me? ]

[ I Think It Took One Shift To Find Out ]
[ That You Could Walk ]
[ The Talk ]
[ Because You Were Definitely As Good As Your Agency Talked
     About ]

[ So Z, Tag, You Are It ]
[ When I Wanted Someone To Fit ]
[ You Come Into My House 4 Days A Week ]
[ & You Have NEVER Complained One Little Bit ]

[ Also Since Day One You Talked About This Incredible, Hard
     Working & Respectful Man ]
[ I am Usually Kind Of A Very Private Guy ]
[ But Right Away, Big M., I Became Your Biggest Fan ]

[ The Way That Z. Talked About You ]
[ & Talked About The Things That You Do ]

[ I Decided That I Had To Meet This Guy ]
[ & Have My Own Point Of View ]
[ Through My Own Two Eyes ]

[ So Far, So Good ]
[ & The Things That You Are & Have Been Going Through ]
[ Are 100% Understood ]

[ I Feel You Protect Me Through Your Thoughts ]
[ & I Thank You Lots & Lots ]

[ I Am Always Here For You To Give You Much Needed Advice ]
[ I Will Be Brutally Honest ]
[ Even If It Doesn’t Come Across As Being Nice ]

[ Big M & Z. You Have Become Important In My Life ]
[ Thank You For Taking Time Out Of Your Day ]
[ To Spend Some Time Here With Me, My Son & My Wife ]

[ I Root For You Two Making It More Than Any Other Couple I’ve
     Known ]
[ Except, Of Course, My Own ]

[ Staying Together Is Very, Very Hard To Do ]
[ Always Tell Each Other ( I LOVE YOU ) ]
[ When They Are Going To Be Out Of Your View ]

[ You Can Never Feel It, Say It, Mean It Or Hear It
     Too Much ]
[ Say It With A Warm & Loving Touch ]

[ Reach Out ]
[ When There’s Doubt ]

[ Care ]
[ & Share ]
[ Always Be There ]
[ Anytime ]
[ From Anywhere ]

[ Friends & Family Really IS What Makes The World Go ‘Round ]
[ Because I Have Found ]
[ They Are The Ones That Help Keep ]
[ My Feet ]
[ Firmly Planted On The Ground! ]

~ The End ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
     ‎    ‎
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]