(173)▪︎[ Poor Dan … 2•20•2023 ]

[ If Dan Is The Enemy, Of Your Enemy ]
[ That Does Not Make Greg, Or Dan Your Friend ]
[ Dan Had Never Been Friendly ]
[ So The Disdain For Greg & Dan Will Never End ]

[ One Night Dan Tried To Pick-Up Your Wife ]
[ That Was The Time He Saw Kathy Out With Some Friends, In A Bar, So
He Went Over To Offer Her A Drink ]
[ When She Quickly Turned Him Down, He Shouted That He Would Ruin Her Life ]

[ When Going To The Parking Lot Of The Bar ]
[ Kathy Noticed That Someone Had Stolen Her Car ]

[ The Next Morning, The Bumbling Police Found It ]
[ Abandoned Down By The River ]
[ Someone Made The White Mercedes Look Like Shit ]
[ By Trying To Paint It Silver ]

[ Dan Became Your Enemy About (5) Years Prior ]
[ He Had You Arrested ]
[ By Accusing You Of Setting All Of Those Forrest Fires ]

[ Those Fire Investigators Got Way Out Of Hand ]
[ They Were Looking For Someone, Anyone, To Blame ]
[ You Were Never Involved With Burning Those Thousands Of Acres Of Land ]

[ You Were Not Even In The Country During That Whole Fire Season ]
[ You Do Not Even Know Why They Were Framing You ]
[ Because They Had Never Stated A Reason ]

[ Then The Trial That They Put You Through, Was A Total Sham ]
[ It Seemed Like They Gave Your Public Defender Your Case, So Close To The Trial Date ]
[ Then He Had To Cram ]
[ That Is Not A Good Way, To Fight The State ]

[ After The Judge ]
[ Handed Down The (12) Year Sentence ]
[ You Have Held A Grudge ]
[ & Now, You Have No Patience ]

[ Kathy Hired An ‘A’ Team Of Lawyers, To Handle Your Case ]
[ Those Lawyers Were Very Thorough ]
[ They Never Made Or Said Anything In Haste ]

[ (4) Years Went By Before They Found A Judge That Would Listen To Your Legal Team ]
[ He Was Fair & Listened From In The Middle ]
[ There Was Never A Side Where He Leaned ]

[ When You Got That Call About The Judges Decision, How Did You Feel? ]
[ @ First, You Did Not Think That The Call Was Real? ]

[ You Thought That It Was From Someone Who Was Playing A Bad Joke ]
[ It Had To Come From Someone Who Figured That You Were The Sleeping Bear ]
[ That They Wanted To Poke ]

[ Some People Thought That Kathy Was Crazy For Standing By Your Side ]
[ She Never Could Have Been Prepared For Such A Bumpy Ride ]
[ She Told You That She Was Not Giving Up ]
[ So She Never Lied ]

[ When You Got Out, Dan Was Scared To Death ]
[ One Time He Got So Worried ]
[ He Called (911) Because He Felt Sudden Pain In His Chest ]
[ When The EMT’s Arrived, Dan Was Mad, He Wanted Them To Hurry ]

[ The Doctors Wouldn’t Work With Dan Because He Was Acting Like A Tweaker ]
[ People Go To The E.D. For A Variety Of Reasons ]
[ But The Doctors Felt That He Was A (MED SEEKER) ]

[ Now That You Are Completely Free, What Do You Want To Do? ]
[ Or Is That Only For You (2)? ]
[ Is There Room For A Friend Like Me, Too? ]

[ Months Later Dan Showed Up, On The Ground, In A Parking
Lot ]
[ Everyone In Town Agreed That He Deserved What He Got ]

[ You Were Out Of Town Before, During & Right After ]
[ Kathy Called You To Share The News ]
[ & The Laughter ]

[ The Service For Dan ]
[ Had Only One Extremely Old & Frail Man ]

[ He Put A Flower On Top Of The Casket ]
[ So It Will Sit There As Everything Was Set ]

[ The Flower He Chose ]
[ Was A Wilted Black Rose ]

[ Everyone In Town Hopes That Wasn’t A Curse ]
[ After All Is Said & Done ]
[ They Saw That Old Man Drive Away In A 1947 Black Hearse ]
[ The Next Sunday … Everyone In The Town Was In Church ]

[ The Police Never Solved Dan’s Murder ]
[ Word Has It, They Are Missing The Whole Folder ]

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~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(732)▪︎[ The Rising Water … 8•29•2020 ]

[ How Do You Keep Your Head Above The Rising Water? ]
[ When The Air Around You Keeps Getting Hotter? ]

[ You Want To Dip Your Head Under To Feel Cool ]
[ But The Water Seems To Be Getting So High ]
[ You Have To Stand Up On Your Tallest Stool ]

[ If I Hold My Breath, I Think I’ll Be Fine ]
[ Life On One Side, Death On The Other ]
[ They Are Just Separated Down The Middle By A Thin Line ]

[ If I Lean To The Right Will I Have Regret ]
[ But When I Look Around ]
[ I Don’t See That Anyone Is Left ]

[ Right Or Wrong ]
[ Having Blind Faith In Others ]
[ Proved That The Bond Was Not Strong ]

[ Two Or Three Have Stayed ]
[ They Never Strayed ]

[ & That Is All That I Have To Say ]
[ Right Now On This Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(1030)▪︎[ He Never Wanted To Be … 12•10•2021 ]

[ Does Your Father Know You The Least Or The Best? ]
[ If This Was Asked To You, It Would Come In The Form Of
     A Test ]

[ Did Good Ole’ Don, Ever Go To A Single Sporting Event? ]
[ Don Did Drop You Off ]
[ But He Never Went ]

[ He Never Could Be Bothered By Such Trivial Things When You
     Were Young ]
[ You Kind Of Guess That Is Why It Stung ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In What You Had ]
[ Because Dear Ole’ Don, Never Wanted To Act Like A Dad ]

[ He Never Showed Much Interest In You From The Start ]
[ When Other Men In The Neighborhood Were Being Father’s ]
[ He Had Decided, That He Had Never Wanted, To Play The Part ]

[ That Would Be What It Was To Him,, Play ]
[ Because, You Were Not His Biological Son, Right From The
     Very First Day ]

[ In His Mind, Since He Was Not There @ Your Birth ]
[ You Had Absolutely No Worth ]

[ You Were The (& 1) In The Deal ]
[ He Probably Saw You, As Just Another Kid, Wanting A Meal ]

[ He Only Wanted To Be A Father ]
[ For (2) Daughters ]

[ It Did Not Bother Him, Psychologically ]
[ That Individually ]
[ He Was Not Their Father, Physically ]

[ He Probably Would Had Never Thought, That It Would Be Fun ]
[ To Have A Son ]

[ You Always Heard That He Was Quite The Athlete In His Younger
     Days ]
[ He Never Thought To Coach You, In Any Of Those Ways ]

[ He Was Never Approachable ]
[ He Probably Thought That You Were, Uncoachable ]

[ It Would Be A Lie ]
[ If You Said, That He Ever Tried ]

[ He Never Wanted To Be A Coach ]
[ He Just Saw You As A Roach ]

[ Something That Should Scurry Away From Him, Everytime That
     He Came Into A Room ]
[ If He Needed Help ]
[ You Were Sure, That He Was Good With A Broom ]

[ No, Don Never Really Got To Know You @ All ]
[ When You Moved Out On Your Own ]
[ Did He Ever Drop You A Call? ]

[ Moved Out, Are Not The Words, That Should Be Used ]
[ Kicked Out, Are The Words, That Should Be Used ]

[ He Did Call The Day That He Stopped Talking To You ]
[ If Someone Were To Ask If He Knew You The Best ]
[ That Should Had Been Your Biggest Clue ]

[ Don Never Wanted ]
[ So He Only Taunted ]

[ So It Was Pretty Sad ]
[ That He Never Wanted To Be A Dad ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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(855)▪︎[ The Best Of The Best … 6•22•19 ]

[ Life Is Like A Competition For The Best Of The Best ]
[ Every New Day Comes With A Harder Test ]
[ But You Will Find ]
[ There Is Not Alot Of Time To Rest ]

[ There Is No Pillow Talk ]
[ Life Is Not A Leiserly Walk ]
[ You Are Not The Body That Is Outlined In Chalk ]

[ There Are Days When You Need To Be Awake & Alert 24/7 ]
[ When You Need Encouragement ]
[ Do You Look Upward Towards The Heavens? ]

[ What Exactly Gives You The Courage To Move On These Days? ]
[ Do You Find The Guts & The Ways? ]

[ & Reasons To Stay? ]
[ Does The Thought Of Ignorant People ]
[ Give You The Idea To Walk Away? ]

[ So What If You Walked Away Tomorrow? ]
[ Would There Be The Need ]
[ To Find Money To Borrow? ]
[ Does That Thought Cause You Great Sorrow? ]

[ What Causes ]
[ You To Make So Many Pauses? ]

[ Sometimes To Figure That Out You Must Look Within ]
[ But When Or Where Do You Begin? ]
[ Do You Overlook The Sin? ]

[ The Sin Of Your Past ]
[ Were Those So Serious That The Animosity & Pain ]
[ Continue To Last? ]
[ Is It Like A Cast? ]

[ Soft Material That Turns Everything Hard ]
[ Then When It’s Removed ]
[ It Leaves A Lifelong Scar ]

[ What Do You Decide To Fix? ]
[ What DoYou Nix? ]

[ Are You Set? ]
[ What Things Should You Forget? ]
[ What Decisions Do You Regret? ]

[ There Is Nothing Wrong ]
[ When You Have Situations ]
[ Where You Are Not Strong ]

[ Let Bygones Be Gone ]
[ & Keep Moving … Forward ]

~ The End ~

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