[ Year 2021 Was Not Very Fun ]
[ It Was So Bad ]
[ By The End Of February, You Were Already Done ]

[ That Is When You Tested Positive For The ‘VID ]
[ You Had No Idea What You Did ]

[ The Only Times That You Did Not Wear A Mask Was In
Your House ]
[ Thankfully, It Never Got To Your Spouse ]

[ You Had Thoracic Surgery On (3) Parts Of Your Spine ]
[ & Your Lower Back Is Still Not Aligned ]

[ This Year , You Woke Up To Celebrate Your 25th Anniversary
While On A Hospital Bed ]
[ What A Great Place To Wake Up To Celebrate How Many Years
That You Have Been Wed ]

[ Your Longtime Caregiver Up & Quit ]
[ Because Of A Bunch Of Miscommunication & Misunderstanding
Shit ]

[ This Event Really Took You By Surprise ]
[ But Then You Found Out ]
[ That For Months She Had Been Telling You A Bunch Of Lies ]

[ She Had Her Resumé Out There For Awhile It Seemed ]
[ Because She Said That She Had It Out There With (INDEED) ]

[ So You Had To Finish Off Of The Year Without (1) ]
[ That Sure Hurt A Ton ]

[ The Best Part Of The Ending Year ]
[ You Were Able To Start 2022 With The Person Who Is Most
Near & Dear ]

[ You Were Alone Way Too Much ]
[ There Were Chunks Of Time When You Did Not ]
[ Have The Comfort Of Talking To Anyone About Such -n- Such ]

[ Too Much Alone Time ]
[ But You Were Able To Write Over (1,000) Stories That Rhymed ]

[ It Started With A Whimper ]
[ & Ended With A Bang ]
[ Not A Whisper ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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