(044)▪︎[ A Bad Night @ Work … 2026 ]

[ These Thoughts Have Been Gnawing @ Your Brain For So Many Years ]
[ It Caused You So Many Tears ]
[ It Put A Big Spot Light On Your Biggest Fears ]

[ You See Many People Speaking About Mental Issues ]
[ When You Have Flashbacks About An Incident That Was Almost 24 Years Ago ]
[ It Causes You To Reach For The Kleenex Tissues ]

[ PTSD Is The Issue That You Are Talking About ]
[ Yes, It Is Real ]
[ Is What You Want To Shout ]

[ & It Does Not Only Just Happen To Military Personnel ]
[ It Could Happen To Anyone ]
[ Who Has Survived An Incident That Put Them Through Hell ]

[ You Were The Only Staff Locked In A Juvenile Correctional Unit When (2) Male Violent Offender Inmates Decided To Riot ]
[ For Over 3 Hours You Prayed For Peace & Quiet ]

[ Hitting A Kid’s Head With A Fire Extinguisher Makes A Horrible & Most Memorable Sound ]
[ He Kept Getting Hit Even When He Was On The Ground ]

[ You Never Knew That A Fire Extinguisher Could Break A Toilet Or A Sink ]
[ It Is Alot Easier Than You’d Think ]
[ Oh There Has Been So Many Times Since This Happened ]
[ Where You Wanted To Give In & Drink ]

[ But There Was Only One Person Who Stood By You, So You Wouldn’t Go There ]
[ & It Was Your Good Friend Nick ]
[ That Showed That He Cared ]

[ Every Other So-Called “Friend” From Work ]
[ Turned Their Back ]
[ & Became Worse Than Sniveling Bitches & Jerks ]

[ Nobody Else Came Over Or Called ]
[ After You Got Fired Because Of A Bunch Of Lies ]
[ They All Acted Appalled ]
[ The Girls Were Worse Than The Guys ]
[ When Everyone Built Their Walls ]

[ Nobody Else Wanted To Hear Your Side ]
[ So After The Agency Lied ]
[ & Stole Your Pride ]
[ Your Respect For All Those People Died ]
[ Still To This Day, The Pain Won’t Subside ]
[ It Did Not Help Your Self-Esteem ]
[ That You Got Blackballed @ Every Institution That You Later Applied ]

[ Nick Was The Only One That Did Not Stab You In The Back ]
[ The Agency Did Not Want To Just Take Your Career Away ]
[ They Went On The Attack ]
[ From That First Day ]

[ They Fought Your Unemployment Benefits Tooth & Nail ]
[ Thankfully The Inquest Was Over The Phone ]
[ & Not Through The Mail ]

[ The Judge Did Not Believe A Single Word Of Their Part ]
[ When You Talked ]
[ The Judge Took Your Statement To Heart ]
[ & Told The OYA Agency To Take A Walk ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(685)▪︎[ Betrayal, Of The Worst Kind … 9•10•2021 ]

[ Wow, That Is A Huge Slap In Your Face ]
[ After Always Welcoming Her Into Your Place ]

[ That Was A Backstabbing That You Cannot Forgive ]
[ She Basically Cut You Down, Because Of How You Live ]

[ How Could She Do This With All That You Have Done ]
[ When She Got Fired Back In January, You Should Have Run ]

[ But No, You Completely Saved Her Ass ]
[ & There Were So Many ( CALL-OUTS ) That You Let Pass ]

[ There Were So Many Weeks, With So Many Empty Shifts ]
[ There Were So Many Times, When You Gave Her Gifts ]

[ She Is Looking A Gift Horse In The Mouth ]
[ It Must Have Been About (4) Months Ago ]
[ When This Arrangement Started Heading South ]

[ Through All Of Those Days, When There Were No Calls ]
[ You Should Have Shown Some Balls ]
[ To Really Look @ The Writing On The Walls ]

[ The (CALL OUTS), (BEING LATE), (LEAVING EARLY) & (NO
SHOWS) Was Getting To Be A Little Too Much ]
[ She Missed So Much Work ]
[ She Seemed To Be Losing Her Touch ]

[ How Dare She Make That Last Remark ]
[ That Just Showed You How Much She Turned Dark ]

[ She Tried To Cut You Off @ The Knees ]
[ She Built This Entitlement Attitude ]
[ So She Thought That She Could Do Whatever She Pleased ]

[ You Don’t Get It, Because You Gave Her Everything ]
[ She Did Not Give You Anything ]

[ You Don’t Get It ]
[ Because This Is Just A Load Of Bullshit ]

[ She Had It So Easy Here ]
[ If She Is Looking For Someone To Blame For Getting Fired ]
[ She Should Just Hold Up A Mirror ]

[ You Feel So Betrayed ]
[ You Feel Like She Thought You Were A Bug ]
[ So She Sprayed You With Raid ]

[ But Now She Is Reaching Out In An Effort To Explain ]
[ You Don’t Think That It Would Be Worth Your Time ]
[ Just To Hear Her Complain ]

[ Why, Oh Why? ]
[ Did She Have Plans To Hang You Out To Dry? ]

[ Like This? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(148)▪︎[ Who Is Worse Off? … 2•16•2020 ]

[ There Are Alot Of People Having It Worse Off Than Me ]
[ I’m Just So Blind To See ]
[ How Bad Things Could Be ]

[ I Could Be Living In The Streets Without A Home ]
[ Then The Few People That I Know ]
[ Would Look @ Me As An ( UNKNOWN ) ]

[ They Would All Turn Their Backs On Me @ The Same Time ]
[ Leaving Me Destitute ]
[ Without Even A Dime ]

[ Are There Bad Times ]
[ Ahead? ]
[ Tomorrow, Will My Process For Making Rhymes ]
[ Be Dead? ]

[ Why Am I Predicting Such a Dark Cloud? ]
[ That Is The Question For The Day ]
[ Are The Voices Loud? ]
[ In Telling Me It Could Easily Be That Way? ]

[ Just Because I Was Born Under A Dark Cloud Doesn’t Mean
I Have To Live Under One ]
[ I Can’t Make A Single Thought Fun? ]

[ @ Times I Feel So Alone, With The Weight Of My World
Pushing Me Down ]
[ By Pushing On My Shoulders ]
[ I Lost My Crown ]
[ As I Got Older ]
[ Now I Constantly Frown ]
[ As My Sweats Get Colder ]

[ Am I Only A Citizen Because Of A Social Security Card? ]
[ Hundreds, Thousands Of Them Are Fraudulently Made ]
[ It’s Not All That Hard ]

[ What If I Lose It, Or It Is Misplaced? ]
[ Would A Knock On The Door ]
[ Bring The I.N.S. & Me Together For A Face To Face? ]

[ Which Country Border Would They Drop Me Off ]
[ @? ]
[ I’d Be Like A Lost ]
[ Cat ]

[ & Once Again Without A House In Which I Live ]
[ I Could No Longer Invite Others In ]
[ So I Could Do My Favorite Thing … Give ]

[ I Bet Not One Person That I Gave To Would Come To My Aid ]
[ They Would Just Look @ Me With A Blank Stare ]
[ Because Their Memory Would Fade ]
[ Now They Won’t Share ]
[ What They Made ]

[ That’s Okay ]
[ I’d Say ]

[ I Came Into This World Naked, Not Owning A Cent ]
[ When I Die ]
[ Maybe Someone Will Wonder Where My Good Life Went ]
[ Even I ]
[ Wonder What Was The Big Life-Changing Event? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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