[ Could Others Imagine Reliving One Day Over & Over & Over Again? ]
[ Yes, You Can ]
[ & You Remember When This Merry-Go-Round Began ]
[ It Began On A Sweltering Hot Day in August 2002 ]
[ What Affects You Now, May Not Affect Others, Too ]
[ It Was A Very Muggy Day That Quickly Turned To Night ]
[ You Were A Witness To An Event ]
[ That Affected Your Hearing & Sight ]
[ The Thing That You Could Not Prevent ]
[ Was Something That Started With A Fight ]
[ It Was More Like A Beating ]
[ But One Half Of Those Combatants Used A Fire Extinguisher ]
[ & That Was Cheating ]
[ It Seemed Like There Was A Beating Every Half Hour ]
[ As You Stood In The Office ]
[ Feeling Like You Had No Power ]
[ You Didn’t Want To Just Sit ]
[ You Wanted To Go Out On The Floor ]
[ & End It ]
[ But You Were Directed To Do Nothing ]
[ Not Even Something During Those (3), Very Long Hours ]
[ No, Not A Thing ]
[ You Had To Wait ]
[ & See What The State S.W.A.T. Team Had To Bring ]
[ With Their Shouts ]
[ They Were Able To Get You Out ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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Tag: #riots
(18)▪︎[ The Riots … 1•7•2021 ]
[ The Riots, The Riots Are Happening All Over
Again ]
[ Just Because He Didn’t Win ]
[ If You Have Not Been In One ]
[ You Should Never Want To ]
[ Because They Are Not Fun ]
[ The Rioters Have Angry Minds ]
[ & Angry Thoughts ]
[ Of The Worst Kinds ]
[ Violence & Mayhem ]
[ Is All That Matters To Them ]
[ They Have One Track Minds In What They Want
To Do ]
[ Their Main Objectives ]
[ Is To Get By Or Through You ]
[ Material Things Is Not Want They Want ]
[ Their Angry Voices Yell Angry Taunts ]
[ The Meaning & Reasons For All Of This Is So
Absurd ]
[ His Reasons That He Caused This ]
[ Are The Worst That I Have Ever Heard ]
[ He Lost In A Fair & Honest Election ]
[ If He Had Any Time For Honest Reflection ]
[ He Would Come Out & Tell His Mob To Change
Their Direction ]
[ & Go Back Home ]
[ But Not One Calming Message Was Ever Shown ]
[ He Turned The Volume Up Because Of His Asinine &
Violent Tweets ]
[ He Told His Trumpanzees To Get Violent In The Streets ]
[ Watching The Riots Flooded My Brain With Such
Horrible Memories ]
[ Of A Violent Incident ]
[ That Was Life Changing For Me ]
[ A Riot Changed My Life ]
[ It Wasn’t By A Man Holding A Gun Or A Knife ]
[ I Felt Such A Huge Amount Of Empathy ]
[ For Those Officers ]
[ Trying To Give Others Enough Security ]
[ So They Could Get Home Safely ]
~ The End ~
[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou aku ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
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