(960)▪︎[ Who Is Safe? … 11•13•2021 ]

[ You Often Wonder What It Feels Like To Live A Safe, Comfortable
     Life? ]
[ Not Having To Worry About A Crazed Stranger ]
[ Wielding A Gun Or Knife ]

[ Breaking Into Your Place ]
[ Waving A Weapon In Front Of Your Face ]

[ It Could Be A Family Member Or A Group Of Thugs ]
[ Looking For Jewelry, Electronics Or Drugs ]

[ Or Ready To Turn Your House & All Of Your Belongings
     Into Ash ]
[ Because Someone Paid Someone To Do It With Cash ]

[ When Money Talks ]
[ Morality Takes A Walk ]

[ There Is A Whole Lot Of People That Would Do Almost
     Anything For The Right Number Of $100 Bills ]
[ Or The Really Evil Ones That Will Do It For Thrills ]

[ Thrill Killings Is A Real Thing ]
[ In Some People’s Minds ]
[ Money Is King ]

[ It Rules Everything In Their Mind ]
[ Because They Are The Sociopathic Kind ]

[ In Some Parts Of The Country They Do Not Ever Use Their
     Door Locks ]
[ They Have Never Worried About Who Is Standing Outside
     When They Hear Door Knocks ]

[ Nobody Is A Stranger & Everybody Is A Friend ]
[ Nobody Is Afraid Of Living Where The Road Ends ]

[ They Stop & Talk ]
[ As They See You On The Sidewalk ]

[ Or ]
[ In A Restaurant Or The Corner Store ]

[ There, They Know Everybody’s Name ]
[ If A Crime Was Committed ]
[ There Would Be Someone Quick To Blame ]

[ People Are Just Plain Friendlier In Some Parts Of The Country
     Than Others ]
[ There Are Sections Of This Country Where Children Actually
     Do Respect Their Mothers ]

[ Where Are Those Sections In This Angry ]
[ Country ]

[ It Is A Huge Disgrace ]
[ How This Country Deals With Race ]

[ Whenever Someone Asks You About What Race You Are You
     Smile & Politely Answer (SLOW) ]
[ (DOESN’t IT SHOW?) ]

[ You Are More Round Than Rectangular ]
[ Your Face Is More Square Than Angular ]

[ Maybe There Are People In This Country That Has Not Made
     An Enemy Or Two ]
[ What Would You Say If Someone Was To Ask You? ]

[ You Don’t Dislike Anybody Enough To Go & Commit A
     Heinous Crime ]
[ It Is Against Your Beliefs ]
[ & You Would Never Ever Want To Do Prison Time ]

[ You Hope That Others Think That Way When A Finger Is
     Pointed In Your Direction ]
[ Because Who Wants To Live The Rest Of Their Lives Living
     In Adult Corrections? ]

[ You Have No Money To Steal ]
[ Or A Really Nice Car ]
[ With Expensive Wheels ]

[ Nothing Of Worth ]
[ To Give Up Their Freedom ]
[ For Their Last Days On This Earth ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(273)▪︎[ Some Words … 3•17•2020 ]

[ The World Has Now Turned Upside Down With A Snap ]
[ If You Have Not Heard Of This Virus ]
[ You Must Have Been Taking A Nap ]

[ Now People Are Being Quarantined From Each Other ]
[ But They Say That We Must Remain Separate But Together ]

[ What Exactly Does That Mean? ]
[ Are We Just Supposed To Be Heard? ]
[ Not Seen? ]

[ The Virus Is Everywhere ]
[ Yes It’s There, There & There ]

[ The Main Thing Is That We Can’t Be In A Group
Or A Bunch ]
[ No More Meeting For Breakfast Or Lunch ]

[ One Thing We Will Miss So Much ]
[ That Is Seeing & Loving Each Other Through Touch ]

[ When Will This End, Nobody Can Predict ]
[ The Virus Doesn’t Care Who Gets Picked ]

[ & To Think That This All Started Because Of A Bat ]
[ Now It Affects All Of This ]
[ & All Of That ]

[ The Poor Workers That Got Sent Home Or Got Laid Off ]
[ Some Have To Dip Into Their Sick Leave ]
[ Without Sneezing Or Having A Cough ]

[ My Wife Works @ A Job Where She Can’t Do It From Home ]
[ Some Of Her Fellow Employees Have Traveled ]
[ To Some Places Unknown ]

[ We Were Supposed To Travel, Too ]
[ But Then We Canceled Everything Because Of What We Knew ]

[ We Definitely Understand & Don’t Oppose ]
[ That Where We Were Going ]
[ Everything Was Closed ]

[ So When You All Are @ Home Don’t Be Down Or Get Lazy ]
[ Call Someone That Makes You Laugh ]
[ So You Don’t Go Stir Crazy ]

[ I Know What I’ll Do With These Longer Days Of Light ]
[ I’ll Keep My Phone On ]
[ & Use The Thoughts That I Have That Compel Me To Write ]

[ Some Thoughts Come Quick, But Others Are Slow ]
[ What Tomorrow Brings ]
[ Nobody Knows ]

[ The Lead Doctors & Scientists Do Not Even Know What Comes
Next ]
[ We’re Dealing With A Virus So We Don’t Know What To Expect ]

[ So,We, I Mean Us, Who Want To Live To Grow Old ]
[ Trust The Smart People ]
[ & Do As We’re Told ]

[ I Love Writing Story After Story ]
[ Not For The Praise ]
[ Or The Glory ]

[ With All The Thoughts That Don’t End ]
[ It’s Warm Thoughts That I Send ]
[ To My Loved Ones & Friends ]

[ Everyone Stay Safe ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo iā ‘oe  ]
[  A hui hou mākou  ]
[  Aloha  ] ‎ 
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[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe ]