(001)▪︎[ The New Year … 1•1•2023 ]

[ Today Is The 1st Day Of This New Year ]
[ Who Knows In Which Direction ]
[ That Fate Will Steer ]

[ Will It Be South, East, West, Or North? ]
[ Either Way, You Are Told To Go Forth ]

[ & Prosper? ]
[ To Act Proper? ]

[ Then Do What? ]
[ Undercut? ]
[ Kiss Alot Of Butt? ]

[ From All That You Know ]
[ You Do Not Think So ]

[ Do You Have Places To Go & People To See? ]
[ You Know That It Is Getting Cold Outside ]
[ You Were Told As Such, By Your Knee ]

[ Everytime It Is Going To Rain, Your Right Leg Doesn’t Want
To Walk ]
[ When It Is Cold Outside That Is When Your Knee Will Talk ]

[ Starting The New Year Out With Your Knee Hurting ]
[ When Your Knee Hurts, You Are Not Good @ Diverting ]

[ Why Would People Come To See You When It Is Cold? ]
[ Whenever Your Knee Hampers You ]
[ You Start To Act Really Old ]

[ You Almost Have To Use A Cane ]
[ Needing Assistance To Walk Is Something You Disdain ]

[ Maybe You Should Live In A Warmer State ]
[ In That Case ]
[ You Could Narrow Your List To Less Than (8) ]

[ You Probably Should Have Rehab’d It More ]
[ You Should Have Gone The Full (10) ]
[ Instead Of Just (4) ]

[ Now When The Weather Becomes Colder ]
[ You Start To Feel So Much Older ]

[ You Cannot Do Anything About It Now ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(002)▪︎[ So Goes The Year … 1•2•2023 ]

[ The Year Kind Of Started With A (THUD) ]
[ How Come It Feels Like You Are Walking In Mud? ]
[ & Someone Is Constantly ]
[ Giving Your Right Ear A Tug? ]

[ You Need To Lift Your Leg Up When You Step ]
[ The #1 Thing On Your List ]
[ You Kind Of Wish That You Had Overslept ]
[ When You Have A Day Like This ]

[ You’re Trying To Face This Day, Head On ]
[ But Twice In (2) Mornings ]
[ You Found Yourself Waking Up On The Front Lawn ]

[ You Ask Around, But Nobody Knows ]
[ You Tried To Throw A Barbecue ]
[ But Nobody Shows ]

[ So Goes The New Year ]
[ You Hope Not ]
[ You Feel Like Grabbing Another Barqs Root Beer ]

[ You Are Able To Drink It In (4) Swallows ]
[ Now You Need Something Solid To Eat ]
[ Not Anything Hollow ]

[ If You Want Hot Wings ]
[ You Call The Blue Hollow ]
[ They Have Burgers & All Kinds Of Different Things ]

[ Is There A Magic Way ]
[ That You Could Try ]
[ To Actually Save This Day? ]

[ Maybe? ]
[ Or Maybe Not ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(003)▪︎[ The First Day … 1•1•2020 ]

[ Today Is The First Day Of The New Year ]
[ Is It Going To Be Full Of Cheer? ]
[ Or Are There Going To Be Problems That Kick You In The Rear? ]

[ To Some This Is The Start Of The 2020 Decade ]
[ Will You Need Or Come To Someone’s Aid? ]

[ If You’re Always Going To Be There @ The Drop Of A Hat ]
[ Are You Able To Let A Stranger Come Up To Bat ]

[ & Take Their Swings? ]
[ That May Help Them Get Their Wings ]
[ When You Randomly Give Things ]
[ You’ll Soon Realize What Happiness It Brings ]

[ But Always Use Your Common Sense ]
[ Don’t Leave Someone Hanging ]
[ In Suspense ]

[ If You Are Going To Give, Then Give ]
[ Make It Easier For Someone To Live ]

[ Will The New Decade Bring New Problems ]
[ That You Won’t Want To Face? ]
[ Can You Solve Them? ]
[ So You Can Put Your Priorities Back In Place? ]

[ Face This New Decade Head On ]
[ If You Run & Hide ]
[ & Then Threw Them Out Onto The Lawn ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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