(183)▪︎[ Getting By … 2025 ]

[ You Try Too Hard In A World Full Of People Who Don’t Try Enough ]
[ Very Few People Are Made Of The Right Stuff ]
[ That Makes Your Life Pretty Tough ]
[ & Your Day To Day Struggle Kind Of Rough ]

[ You Have Been Through Alot, During The Almost Sixty Two Years On This Earth ]
[ You Were Even Abused By The Mother Who Gave You Birth ]
[ Did That Forever Lock In Your Worth? ]
[ Making You Feel Not Better Than Dirt ]

[ You Have Separation Anxiety To The Highest Degree ]
[ That Is One Personality Trait That You Try Not To Let Other’s See ]
[ You Have Never Felt That You Are Completely Free ]
[ Most Of The Time You Are Relegated To Be Down On One Knee ]

[ Your Mind Constantly Recreates The Reasons That You Feel So Haunted ]
[ You Are Tired Of Thinking About The Reasons Why You Feel So Unwanted]

[ The Demons Are Once Again Trying To Poke Through Your Skin ]
[ Sometimes You Wonder Where The Ending Is ]
[ Where Was The Point Where They Started To Win ]
[ Some Of The Harshest, Most Hurtful Comments, Come From Your Kin ]

[ From your Own Kid To Be Exact ]
[ One Thing That You Know As Fact ]
[ That Son Of Yours Has Zero Tact ]

[ It Would’ve Been Much Easier To Bite A Bullet Years Ago ]
[ But Now You Are Dragged Through Hell ]
[ Really Slow ]
[ But Nobody Asks About It, So You Won’t Tell ]

[ It Has Never Been Clear ]
[ Which Way Is Up ]
[ Where Do You Go From Here ]

[ Your Back Hurts, But So Does Your Whole Body ]
[ If You Were Ever A Weather Forecast ]
[ You Would Be, “Mostly Cloudy” ]

[ Storm Clouds Coming Down From The North ]
[ The East – Winds Blowing All The Piles Of Leaves ]
[ Back & Forth ]

[ Causing The Person, With The Rake In Their Hands, To Almost Go Mad ]
[ When He See’s All The Damage ]
[ That’s When It Hits Him & He Feels Really Sad ]

[ If You Feel You Are On A Treadmill Going Nowhere Fast ]
[ All Of The Other Runner’s In The Human Race Running Past ]
[ Might Make You Feel Like You Are Coming In Last ]

[ You Trudge On Trying To Get To That Faraway Finish Line ]
[ You Don’t Know If That Is When You Turn (62) Years Old ]
[ Or Will That Be Around (79?) ]

[ You Don’t Look For The Easiest Route ]
[ Writing Takes Up Most Of Your Time ]
[ So You Don’t Sit Around & Pout ]

[ Pouting Or Asking For Sympathy Has Never Been Your Thing ]
[ You Don’t Do Karaoke Because You Cannot Sing ]
[ You Have A Queen In The House ]
[ But You Wish Throughout Your Marriage You Could Have Gifted Her More Bling ]

[ You Have Alot Of Regrets ]
[ That You’ve Always Wanted To Forget ]

[ Maybe Someday You Will ]

Mahalo Nui Loa
Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

(1273)▪︎[ Which Direction? … 10•28•2019 ]

[ When You Go Outside During The Night ]
[ Don’t Look Down @ The Ground ]
[ Look Out Over The Lights ]

[ Not The Lights Coming From The Cars ]
[ Look @ The Lights Coming From The Stars ]

[ The Stars That Are Way Up High ]
[ When You Live In The Country ]
[ The Stars Seem To Cover The Sky ]

[ You Can Be Short Or Tall ]
[ When You Look Up @ The Sky You Feel So Small ]

[ You Can Stand In A Field Of Flowers ]
[ & Feel Weak ]
[ From The Loss Of Your Powers ]
[ & That Took Minutes Not Hours ]

[ Where Do You Go From This Point Of Your Life? ]
[ Do You Have To Walk Towards The Light? ]

[ From All That I Know ]
[ You Don’t Have To Go ]
[ & When You Say [ NO ] ]

[ That Frees You Up For Other Things ]
[ Like Going Overseas To Meet Some Actual Queens & Kings ]

[ Leaving The Country Is Not Always The Best ]
[ The Stress ]
[ Can Press ]
[ On Your Chest ]

[ Can You Forge Ahead Not Really Knowing To Go Which Direction ]
[ When You Make A Decision ]
[ Can You Make Any Corrections? ]

[ Or Can You Get By ]
[ Making Decisions On The Fly? ]

[ What If You Are Wrong? ]
[ & Then Find Out Your Window Is Gone? ]

[ Maybe The Best Thing To Do Would Be To Look Within? ]
[ You Might Find The Strength To Once Again, Begin ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(461)▪︎[ Lights … 7•15•2022 ]

[ As I Wake In The Night ]
[ The Sun Is So Bright ]

[ I Noticed That My Pillow Was Hard ]
[ While I Stood There Playing Cards ]

[ So I Flip On The Light Switch & Everything Goes Dark ]
[ This Is All Happening As I Go For A Swim In The Park ]

[ After I Towel Off, Why Do I Feel So Wet? ]
[ The Sun Will Be Shining Tonight ]
[ I Bet ]

[ I Really Should Not Bet With Money I Don’t Have ]
[ If I Lose ]
[ I Will Tell Them A Joke To Make Them Laugh ]

[ Cats Are Barking & Dogs Are Purring ]
[ When I Am On The Wrong Side Of The Street ]
[ My Vision Starts Blurring ]

[ Mouthwash Will Do The Trick ]
[ It Is Also Very Helpful ]
[ When My Stomach Feels Sick ]

[ Cars Are Now Peddaling On The Left Side Of The Road ]
[ That Is When Bicycles Are In The Helicopter Mode ]
[ But I Must Know, The Secret Code ]

[ Flowers Taste Yummy ]
[ For My Tummy ]

[ Hey There’s My Neighbor @ Her Desk Floating Down The
Stream ]
[ As I Stand There Blinking ]
[ I Think That This Seems ]
[ Like A Dream ]

[ But It Can’t Be, Because I Have My Boots On ]
[ Is All Sanity Gone? ]

[ I Open The Umbrella In The Kitchen To Protect My Eggo
Waffles From Getting Soggy Because Of The Rain ]
[ Soggy Eggo Waffles Are Something That I Disdain ]

[ The Heater In My Room Turns On When The Sun Rises ]
[ Does That Mean The Dark Nights Will Be Full Of Surprises? ]

[ A Good Scare ]
[ Has Never Helped A Single Person Grow Chest Hair ]

[ All Kinds Of Creatures Hiding Down In The Trees ]
[ & A Boy Is Looking For Trouble If He Finds That Hive Of Bees ]

[ But A Woman That Is With Him Goes By The Name (THE BEE
WHISPERER) ]
[ When You Have A Locust Infestation ]
[ You Don’t Call Her ]

[ Now Why Would That Come Up? ]
[ It Would Be Like Asking You For A Plate ]
[ & You Give Me A Full Red Solo Cup ]

[ Do I Trust The Ingredients After What Hppened Last Time ]
[ What He Did, Should Have Been Called A Crime ]

[ I Asked For Whole Milk & You Gave Me Skim ]
[ Don’t You Know That The Best Thing About Whole Milk Is
Drinking That Thick, Fatty Film? ]

[ I Think That I Have Been Away From The Farm City ]
[ Now I Have Been Relegated To Feeding My Girlfriend‘s (11)
Kitties ]

[ When All Of The Cats Start Barking @ The Same Time ]
[ It Is As Quiet As A Nursery Rhyme ]

[ When There Is A Bathtub On Your Roof ]
[ You Would Never Question What Happened To That Last Tooth ]

[ You Are In The Realm Where Nothing Makes (5) Cents ]
[ But You Don’t Want To Come Home ]
[ Look In The Backyard Just To Find (2) Tents ]

[ You Do Not Know Who They Belong To ]
[ But Whoever They Are ]
[ They Lost One Green Shoe ]

[ One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Was Right Next Door ]
[ @ First They Tried To Make The Movie Into A Horror ]

[ The Sun Is Coming Up Over The Ocean Blue ]
[ If That Is Whacky Thinking ]
[ I Never Knew ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]

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(700)▪︎[ What? … 8•15•2020 ]

[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days When Nothing
Made Sense? ]
[ & When You Go Into The Backyard ]
[ You Notice That There Are Two Tents? ]

[ Then You Felt Like Such A Goof ]
[ When You Stumbled Off Of The Roof ]
[ & Broke Your Last Tooth? ]

[ What Do You Do Now With A Crooked Smile? ]
[ When All You Want To Do ]
[ Is Run In The Long River Of Denial ]

[ Walk Then Run Until You Reach The Dry Land ]
[ Is Living A Want? ]
[ Or A Demand? ]

[ Grass Clippings In The Dishwasher, Shampoo In The
Sink ]
[ How Your Journey Has Come To This Point ]
[ Has You Ice Skating On The Roller Rink ]

[ Where Do You Dough From Here? ]
[ As You Cough Up Another Tear ]
[ Your Steak Does Not Taste Quite Right ]
[ When You Sneeze In Your Beer ]

[ When The Sun Rises In The West ]
[ Does It It Help You Grow Hair On Your Chest? ]
[ Or Do You Go To The Grocery Store Looking For Ice Cream
That Is Good, Better, Best? ]
[ After You Run Home Backwards ]
[ Then You Can Rest ]

[ When You Turn On The Light, Does That Help You Sleep? ]
[ Or Do You Stand In The Shallow End Of The Pool ]
[ & Only Splash Around When The Water Is Deep? ]

[ Life Is Really Confusing When You Open Your Ears ]
[ When You Fall Out Of Bed In The Afternoon ]
[ Do You See The Thunderous Cheers? ]

[ A Snake On The Floor Beats A Bird In The Hand ]
[ Will Anyone Feel It ]
[ When You Give That Command? ]

[ Nothing Makes Cents As Long As Your Knee ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing When Your Eyes Yell @ Me ]

[ Ice Cream, Ice Cream Is Always Cold On The Brain ]
[ Sometimes When You Eat It So Fast ]
[ It Feels Like You Are Swimming On A Train ]

[ Around & Around The Eyeballs Go ]
[ When Will The Stop Light Turn Yellow ]
[ You Will Never Know ]

[ Life Gets So Confusing When You Have To Say The
Alphabet Backwards In Numerical Order ]
[ Anybody Up For Burger King ]
[ As You Run For The Border? ]

[ A Taco From Baskin Robbins Sure Sounds Good Right
Now ]
[ But Since You Don’t Have A Car To Walk With ]
[ You Really Won’t Figure Out How ]

[ You Can Pick Up The Order That You Sent In Long
Before Yesterday ]
[ You Have Been Meaning To Get It ]
[ Since The 31st Of May ]

[ Life Sure Does Get Confusing The Younger You Get ]
[ You Are Sure Glad That You Have Known Me ]
[ Ever Since We Met ]

[ Make Sure You Don’t Break When You Only Mean To
Bend ]
[ So Now There Is No Need To Start Over ]
[ Once You’ve Started @ The End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(221)▪︎[ Things Change … 3•16•2021 ]

[ Whenever Charlie Brown Comes Home He Puts
     Scooby-Doo In His Dog House ]
[ Because Scooby-Doo Is Not Liked By Charlie’s
     Spouse ]

[ Veronica Used To Like Dogs ]
[ But That Was In Years Past When She Used To
    Walk Around In Dansko’s Clogs ]

[ Times Change ]
[ & Then ]
[ The Questions & Answers Get Rearranged ]

[ Little Red Ran Away With The Big Mama Bear ]
[ Because Out Of The 3 Bears ]
[ Mama Seemed To Be The Only To Show Little Red
     That She Cared ]

[ Making Little Bear Cry ]
[ & Leaving Pappa Bear High & Dry ]

[ Brair Rabbit Doesn’t Dig Up Her Food Anymore ]
[ Now She Puts Her Vegetables On The Shelves
    That Are On The Inside Of The Refrigerator Door ]

[ The Tasmanian Devil Got Arrested For Driving Drunk ]
[ Someone Teased Him About How He Should Had
     Walked Home, Instead ]
[ & They Were Answered With A ( YA THUNK? ) ]

[ As The World Turns ]
[ & Everybody’s Stomach Churns ]

[ Causing Everyone To Lose Sleep ]

~ The End ~

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

(285)▪︎[ That Darn Bunny … 4•5•2021 ]

[ I Was Going To Trap The Easter Bunny Before Halloween
Because She Has A Direct Telephone Connection To Popeye ]
[ Ever Since I Was Young I Have Wanted To Share A Spinach Meal
With Him ]
[ Olive Oyl Would Not Join Us Because She Would Be In New Jersey Helping Her Mom Celebrate A Little Known Jewish
Holiday Called Rashard ]
[ Her Mom Used To Be In Florida But She Did Not Like The Storms ]
[ Aida & Myron Storms Were Neighbors That Lived 3 Miles Away In The Neighboring State Of Montana ]
[ the Storms Were Obnoxious Atheists ]
[ They Would Howl @ The Moon When It Was 2:17pm ]
[ There Was A Time When She Wanted To Move To Alaska, But She Had An Allergy To Carrots ]
[ Mini Mouse Used To Pickle The Best Carrots But Someone Stole The Only Jars That She Had Shoplifted From The Jack in the Box On Watchamucallit Street]
[ That Used To Be A Bankrupt Business Down On Mission Street ]
[ They Had To Change The Name, Because No Business Likes To
Call Themselves ( BANKRUPT ) ]
[ Whenever I Don’t Drive On Mission Street I Always Need To Eat @ The Pancake House That Is On The Corner Of S.E. ( WHAT ) & N.W. ( HOW ) ]
[ Sometimes The Street Signs Can Get Confusing Because If
You Come To ( WHY ) Street, You Have Gone Too Far ]
[ It Is A Really Questionable Corner But Once You Understood
The Why, You Can Skateboard Through The Freeway With All Of The Other Swimmers ]
[ Then You Take One More Left & If You Reach The Lake You Found
Out That You Couldn’t Find Your House ]
[ Because Your Home Is On Red Rock S.E. So You Took One Too Many Über Rides ]
[ So I Figured Out … ]
[ Oh, Another Thing That I Like 2 Due Is Righting Confusing Dinners 4 Sum Friends ]
[ Butt … ]

~ The End ~

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

(282)▪︎[ Counting The Hair On My Arm … 4•4•2021 ]

[ What Happens When You Get Up Really Early Because You
     Are Way Too Late? ]
[ & Forgot The Key For The Combination Lock On The
    Front Gate? ]

[ Would You Have To Go Around ]
[ As You Go Under? ]
[ & Then You Feel ]
[ The Lightning & The Thunder ]

[ The Thunder Is So Bright ]
[ & The Lightning Is So Loud ]
[ Does That Make You Have To Stand To The Right? ]
[ Of The Gathering Crowd? ]

[ Does The Crowd Cause The Thunder To Flash? ]
[ Does The Sound Of The Lightning ]
[ Cause Some Cars To Crash? ]

[ That Is One Part Of Father Time That No One Wants
     @ All ]
[ Just Like Summer Weather Happening In The Fall ]

[ When Fall Rolls In ]
[ Does That Make You Think Of Spring Again? ]

[ Father Time Can Make It A Windy Day ]
[ Only If The Laws Of Nature ]
[ Has Her Way ]

[ What Goes Up Doesn’t Always Go Sideways ]
[ But Sometimes It Does Come Down ]
[ If Simon Says ]

[ Simon Does Not Always Cooperate From What I’ve Seen ]
[ Because Sometimes My Ribeye Steak ]
[ Does Not Always Come Out Feeling Lean ]

[ Just Like Ice Cream Colors Are Not Always Bold ]
[ & Hot Apple Pie ]
[ Is Not Very Cold ]

[ But If I Was Standing On Top Of A Bridge Over Looking
     The Water ]
[ Would I Need To Rely On ]
[ The Ears Of A Spotter? ]

[ If I Jumped, Would I Have To Swim Before I Fly? ]
[ Aquaman Can’t ]
[ Because He Does Not Have Good Eyes ]

[ When He Walks In Water Does He Keep His Eyes Closed? ]
[ Or Does He Go Invisible? ]
[ So He Might Have To Really Plug His Nose ]

[ Before I End This Story, I Have One More Thing To Say ]
[ Okay ]

~ The End ~

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

(380)▪︎[ Well, Okay … 5•1•2021 ]

[ Well, Sum Times Eye Feele Lyke Eye Half Sead Two
     Munch ]
[ Eye Jest Can Knot Sea Things Very Cleerly Past Meye
     Lunch ]

[ Iz Lunch Tha Mosse Important Meel? ]
[ Duz A Pointed Shue Ever Hert Yore Heal? ]

[ Tha Anser Two That Iz Azz Individual Azz Ewe & Mee ]
[ Kind Uv Separating Tha Difference Beetween Coffee &
     Tee ]

[ Dew Ewe Ever Feal Thatt Nuthing Makes Cents? ]
[ Is It Lyke Seying That A Butter Gayme Is Mulch Mor
     Off-Fence ]

[ It Iz Knott Lyke Defense Duz Knott Mattur ]
[ It Iz Lyke Bred Tastes Mulch Beter Wen Egs R Put
     Thu Badder ]

[ Speeking Uv Bred How Munch Duz Aye Milk Shake Cost? ]
[ How Menny Dollhairs & Calories Rr Givin Beefour
     Everything Thing Iz Lost? ]

[ How Can Egs Bee Sony side Up Wen They Seam Upside
     Down? ]
[ How Cumb Pepul With Big Read Nozes Allways Half Two
     Bee Ay Cloun? ]

[ Pencil Oar Pen, Witch Dew Ewe Chews? ]
[ Iff Eye Wuz Ay Beting Man Wut Wood Eye Half To Looz? ]

[ ( NUTHING MAWMAW ) Sez Tha Litle Blew I’d Boye ]
[ Eye Think Awl Hee Will Want Iz His Litle Whined Up Toye ]

[ Toyez Canned Bee Grate Inn Thu Rite Handz ]
[ If Ewe Hav To Half Battereez ]
[ It Leeves Everything To Chanze ]

[ So Any Won Canned Go & Plae ]
[ Awll Dae ]

~ The End ~

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

(356)▪︎[ Boink … 4•28•2021 ]

[ Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days When Nothing
     Made Sense? ]
[ & When You Go Into The Backyard ]
[ You Notice That There Are Two Tents? ]

[ Then You Felt Like Such A Goof ]
[ When You Stumbled Off Of The Roof ]
[ & Broke Your Last Tooth? ]

[ What Do You Do Now With A Crooked Smile? ]
[ When All You Want To Do ]
[ Is Swim In The Long River Of Denial ]

[ Swim, Swim Until You Reach The Dry Land ]
[ Is This Wish A Want? ]
[ Or A Demand? ]

[ Grass Clippings In The Dishwasher, Shampoo In The
     Sink ]
[ How Your Journey Has Come To This Point ]
[ Has You Ice Skating On The Roller Rink ]

[ Where Do You Go From Here? ]
[ As You Cough Up Another Tear ]
[ Your Steak Does Not Taste Quite Right ]
[ When You Sneeze In Your Beer ]

[ When The Sun Rises In The West ]
[ Does It Help You Grow Hair On Your Chest? ]
[ Or Do You Go To The Grocery Store Looking For Ice Cream
     That Is Good, Better, Best? ]

[ When You Turn On The Light, Does That Help You Sleep? ]
[ Or Do You Stand In The Shallow End Of The Pool ]
[ & Only Splash Water When It’s Deep? ]

[ Life Is Really Confusing When You Open Your Ears ]
[ When You Fall Out Of Bed In The Afternoon ]
[ Do You See The Thunderous Cheers? ]

[ A Snake On The Floor Beats A Bird In The Hand ]
[ Will Anyone Feel It ]
[ When You Give That Command? ]

[ Nothing Makes Sense As Long As My Knee ]
[ Life Is Really Confusing When Your Eyes Yell @ Me ]

[ Ice Cream, Ice Cream Is Always Cold On The Brain ]
[ Sometimes When You Eat It So Fast ]
[ It Feels Like You Are Swimming On A Train ]

[ Around & Around The Eyeballs Go ]
[ When Will The Stop Light Turn Yellow ]
[ I Will Never Know ]

[ Life Gets So Confusing When You Have To Say The Alphabet
     Backwards In Numerical Order ]
[ Anybody Up For Burger King ]
[ As I Run For The Border? ]

[ A Taco From Baskin Robbins Sure Sounds Good Right Now ]
[ But Since I Don’t Have A Car To Walk With ]
[ I Really Won’t Know How ]

[ I Can Pick Up The Order That I Sent In Long Before Yesterday ]
[ I’ve Been Meaning To Get It ]
[ Since The 10th Of May ]

[ Life Sure Does Get Confusing The Younger I Get ]
[ I’m Sure Glad That I’ve Known You ]
[ Ever Since We Met ]

[ Make Sure You Don’t Break When You Only Mean To Bend ]
[ So Now There Is No Need To Start Over ]
[ Once You’ve Started @ The End ]

~ The End ~

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

(334)▪︎[ This Won Day … 4•22•2021 ]

[ Their Wus This Won Day When Eye Was Sitting On
      The Sidewalk In The Midle Of Eye5 ]
[ Eye Was Sew Sew Thank Fool That Eye Wus Still Alive ]

[ I Don’t No Y ]
[ Eye Just Wus ]
[ Because Eye M Jst That Kinf Of A Geye ]

[ Eye Don’t Think, Lyke Eye Tock ]
[ Sew, Sum Thymes Eye Jest Think Owt Seyd Of The Balks ]

[ They’re Is Never Aye Rhyme Oar Reason On Y Eye Due ]
[ The Things, That Eye Due ]

[ Some Thymes Things Just Due Knott Make Cents ]
[ Just Like Eye Can Knott Never Bee Able Two Put Up
    Aye TeNt ]

[ The Polls Get All Bent & The TeNt Flaps Flap In The Wind ]
[ It Looks Sew Complecks ]
[ Eye Due Naught Know Wear Two Begin ]

[ Complex Is Knott My Middle Name ]
[ Butt When Things Due Get Complex, They Usually Point
     They’re Middle Finger @ Me 2 Blame ]

[ Eye Gess Eye Can Handull The Press Sure ]
[ From Hymn & Hure ]

[ Eye Donut No Wear Eye Em Going With This ]
[ Eye Em Jest Luck King Four The Land Of Bliss ]

[ Is It Out Their? ]
[ Any Wear? ]

[ How Meny Napkins Wood Won Should Ewes? ]
[ & Witch Side Of The Newspapers ]
[ Duz Won Look Four The News? ]

[ Butt Thu News May Bee Rite In Front Of Ewe ]
[ Just Donut Look Four Sum Thing Knew ]

~ The End ~

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