(112)▪︎[ Stay Back … 2•2•2021 ]

[ With The 6 Feet Of Distance & The Wearing Of A Mask ]
[ You Have No Idea If The Person Right In Front Of You Is
     Happy Or Sad ]
[ & Nobody Dares To Ask ]

[ We Live In A World Where Distance Is A Must ]
[ We Don’t Go Near A Stranger ]
[ Because There Is A Big Lack Of Trust ]

[ We Don’t Know If They Are A Little Bit Of Being Mentally Off ]
[ Or If They Have The ‘VID ]
[ Because Of A Nagging Cough ]  

[ Even Family Can Be Dangerous ]
[ Just Like Smoking Can Be Cancerous ]

[ It Is The Family That You Are Not Around All Of The Time That
     Are The Unknown ]
[ Those Are The Ones That You Shouldn’t Allow To Come Into
     Your Home ]

[ You Don’t Know Where They Have Been ]
[ With Whom ]
[ About When? ]

[ If They Traveled, Did They Come Home & Lock The Gate ]
[ & Then Take The Time ]
[ To Voluntarily Self-Isolate? ]

[ They Probably Did Not ]
[ When They Were Put On The Spot ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(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 The 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 ]

(906)▪︎[ Have We? … 10•28•2020 ]

[ Have We As A Society Progressed? ]
[ Or Has This Virus Made Us Regress? ]

[ It Has Forced Us To Go Against Our Natural Strength ]
[ Which Is To Touch ]
[ Because We Must Stay Back From Each Other By
     @ Least An Arm’s Length ]

[ How Does This Affect The Relationship Between A
     Child & Their Elderly Grandmother? ]
[ When They Cannot Be In The Same Room With Each
     Other? ]

[ If We Come Upon A Stranger Within Our 6 Feet Space ]
[ Can You Tell If They Have A Smile Or Frown On Their Face? ]

[ We Try To Get Away As Fast As We Can ]
[ Because In Our Head We Want Our 6 Feet Of Space Back ]
[ No Matter If That Was A Woman Or Man ]

[ Have We Become A THAT Society? ]
[ Instead Of A Male Or Female Body? ]

[ How Did We Used To Make A Friend Out Of A Stranger If
     We Were Out Walking? ]
[ Didn’t We Smile, Then Stop & Start Talking? ]

[ That Is Not How We Are Told To Now Do ]
[ We Are Told To Keep Walking ]
[ & Never Talk Or Meet Someone New ]

[ They Might Give Us The ‘VID ]
[ & When We Bring It Home To Our Family ]
[ We Would Stand There & Say ( OH, LOOK WHAT I DID! ) ]

[ We Bet We Won’t Do That Again Is What We’ll Think ]
[ We Could Have Ignored That Stranger With A Blink ]

[ Are We Going To Be Forced To Go Back To Quaratining If
     The Virus Numbers Keep Rising? ]
[ The Numbers Of New Cases Are Surprising ]

[ But Really, Should It Have Been A Surprise? ]
[ The Experts PREDICTED The Rise ]

[ Now The Two Biggest Family Holidays Are Almost Here ]
[ This Is That Time Of The Year ]
[ & The Precautions Are Totally Unclear ]
[ How Do People Tell Their Relatives That They Are
     People That They Can’t Be Near? ]

[ Without Having Feelings Hurt On Both Sides? ]
[ Or Without Making Up Lies? ]

[ Maybe A Little White Lie Would Be Best Overall ]
[ We Can Say We Can’t Come In An Email, Text Or
     The Old Fashioned Phone Call ]

[ The Virus Is Not The Bad Thing That We Want To Give
     Or Receive ]
[ Keeping People Healthy Is What We are Trying To Achieve ]

[ & Seek ]
[ To Keep ]

~ The End ~

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