(052)▪︎[ All Kinds Of Despair In A Day … 2026 ]

[ Despair ]
[ Sure Can Collapse A Whole Day ]
[ Especially When There Is Zero Hope For Repair ]
[ In Any Way ]

[ A Haze Takes Over The Brain ]
[ Simple Thoughts Become A Strain ]
[ You Feel Like You Are The Lone Passenger On An Amtrack Train ]

[ Going Nowhere Fast ]
[ You Constantly Feel Beat Up ]
[ By The Mistakes From Your Past ]

[ Each One Leaving A Wide Gash On Your Soul ]
[ Leaving You Trying To Pick Up All Of The Broken Puzzle Pieces Of Your Life ]
[ Trying To Cover Your Head Up When You Dropped Into A Bottomless Rabbit Hole ]
[ When You Were Running From All Of The Strife ]

[ That Floats Like Pollution In The Air Out In Society ]
[ You Have Trouble Walking ]
[ Because Of The Gravity ]
[ Of All The Negative Talking ]

[ You Cannot Walk From One Corner To The Next ]
[ Without People Being Angry ]
[ Because They Just Read An Inflammatory Text ]

[ On Their $2000 Apple Phone ]
[ Because They Did Not Like The Tone ]
[ Of A Message They Received ]
[ From A Relative That Does Not Even Live In The Same Time Zone ]

[ You Kind Of Get The Feeling That The Telephone Was Not Invented So Someone That Lives Clear Across The Country Could Reach Out & Grab You By The Throat ]
[ Just Because They Were Given Some Sticky-Note ]
[ Informing Them About From Which Side Of The Aisle You Usually Vote ]

[ Politics Was Not Meant To Be There To Make Threats ]
[ & Those Are Not Made In Jest ]

[ How Do You Ever Rebound ]
[ From A Day That Literally Beat Your Self-Esteem ]
[ Into The Ground ]
[ & Squashed Your Most Important Dream? ]

[ You’ve Found That Real Dreams Really Do Not Come True ]
[ & Most People Who Have Ever Given You Their Word ]
[ Never Follow Through ]

[ Nowadays Another Person Can Shake Your Hand While Looking You Straight In Both Eyes ]
[ While Telling You Some Of The Biggest Lies ]
[ & This Is Not Only Done By The Shadiest Guys ]

[ Often Times The Worst Things Said Or Done To You Are By The Relatives Or People You Grew Up With ]
[ Just Ask Anybody That Has Kept A List ]
[ Of People They Loaned Money To, Then Got Stiffed! ]

[ What You Have Come To Hate ]
[ Is You Had To Wait ]
[ To Learn That Lesson, A Day Too Late ]

[ Because Now You Are More ]
[ Than A Dollar Too Short ]

[ To Pay Your Own Mortgage & Medical Bills ]
[ You Won’t Receive Compensation ]
[ Out Of Anybody’s Wills ]
[ Because You Overheard An Attorney’s Conversation ]

[ You Don’t  Even Know Who You Want To Will Your Possessions To Whenever Your Time Will Come ]
[ By Then Any Of The Benefactors That You Choose ]
[ Will Either Be Too Numb ]
[ To Care ]
[ Or Will Want To Take Off & Run ]
[ Because They Won’t Want To Share ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(051)▪︎[ The Outcome Remains The Same … 2026 ]

[ Throuughout The Years You Have Tried To Shout ]
[ From The Inside Out ]

[ That Your Heart Has Been Scarred ]
[ & You Your Self-Confidence ]
[ Has Been Charred ]

[ Like A Piece Of Steak That Was Forgotten On The Outside Barbecue ]
[ Even If Given To The Dog ]
[ She Wouldn’t Have A Clue ]
[ About What She Needed To Do ]

[ When Some Incidents Happen, They Don’t Fade Into The Past ]
[ Very Fast ]
[ Depending On The Severity Of The Incident ]
[ The Complete Memory Can Last & Last ]

[ Then ]
[ & When ]
[ This Begins To Happen ]

[ Your World Is Then Turned Upside Down ]
[ You Walk Around Town ]
[ With A Permanent Frown ]
[ Feeling Like You Look Like A Crying Clown ]

[ Not Worthy Of A Single Shiny Dime ]
[ Not Worth Anyone’s Time ]
[ Feeling Like The Only Way That You Could Ever Get Noticed ]
[ Would Be If You Committed Some Really Violent Crime ]

[ You Don’t Have The Talent Or The Looks ]
[ To Write Stories ]
[ Or Get Noticed In Any Kind Of Fashion Magazine Or Book ]

[ There Is No Such Thing As A Copywrite Law For Failure ]
[ Not With Your Short Stature ]
[ You Can Only Get Noticed As Being The Smallest Biggest Complainer ]

[ You Try, Try & Try ]
[ Sometimes You Ask Yourself, “Why?” ]
[ “Is It Only In An Attempt To Just Get By?” ]
[ Has Everything You’ve Been Telling Yourself In The Last (31yrs) Been One Big Lie? ]

[ What About The Lies That You Have Been Told By Others? ]
[ Especially By People That Want You To Look @ Them ]
[ As Fathers Or Mothers! ]

[ It Was Made Perfectly Clear ]
[ That After A Few Days, A Week Or Even A Couple Of Years ]
[ They No Longer Wanted You Near ]

[ Wherever That May Be ]
[ You Lost Your First Set Even Before You Turned (3) ]
[ & This Last Set Before You Turned (62) ]
[ All Of Your Parental Units Just Wanted To Be Free ]
[ They Should Have Dropped Some Kind Of Clue ]

[ So Here You Remain ]
[ You Saw, You Are Here & Then You Came ]
[ All Through The (3) Parental Units ]
[ You Foolishly Changed Your Name ]
[ Now You See Life As One Big Game ]
[ Try As Hard As You Could ]
[ But The Outcome Remains The Same ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(026)▪︎[ What Has Happened? … 2026 ]

[ When Did Manners & Humanity ]
[ Leave Society? ]
[ You Are Not Talking About Being Political Correct ]
[ To Gain Publicity ]
[ You Bring Up The Subject In An Attempt To Re-Connect ]
[ Publicly ]

[ No, The Political Correct Terminology ]
[ Seemed To Try To Strike A Nerve ]
[ In Sociology ]
[ Then It Tried To Take A Turn ]
[ Into The Field Of Psychology ]

[ Not To Dampen The Spirits ]
[ Of Those That Believe In Terms Like That ]
[ Or To Cause Rifts ]


[ Being Politically Correct Is Just Being Nice ]
[ But On Unnecessary Steroids ]
[ If That Makes You Squirm & Think Twice ]
[ Then You Shouldn’t Have To Think About It Too Hard & Cause Yourself Hemorrhoids ]

[ Some People Would Rather Fight ]
[ On Sight ]
[ Instead Of Being Polite ]
[ & To Those People ]
[ You Kind Of Wish Them An Early Goodnight ]

[ & It Seems In The Younger Generation’s Heads ]
[ Chivalry Really Is Dead ]

[ Few Men ]
[ Holds The Door Open ]
[ For Incoming Women ]
[ When ]
[ & Then ]

[ A Woman Stands Behind Them ]
[ When You Think Of Human Decency ]
[ This Has Become A Big Problem ]
[ Actually, Only Recently ]

[ Nobody Thinks About The Other Person ]
[ Drug Addicts Do Not Want To Go Through Diversion ]
[ Everyone Should Try To Go On Daily Excursions ]

[ To See How They Can Change ]
[ No Matter How Deranged ]
[ & No Matter How Strange ]

~ Ka hopena ~

Mahalo nui loa
A hui hou kaua e kuu hoa

Na,
Lopaka DeVoe

~ Aloha ~

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(001)▪︎[ Your Pet … 2026 ]

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?

[ Make Your Pet Understand One Thing? ]

[ It Would Be (2) Things ]

[ The First Thing Would Be You Want To Return The Unconditional Love That Your Dog Shows You ]

[ The Second Thing Would Be That You Return The Undying Love That Your Dog Also Shows You ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Dream Job … 2026 ]

What’s your dream job?

[ What Is Your Dream Job? ]

[ You @ One Time Had Your Dream Job ]

[ It Was Working In Juvenile Corrections ]

[ Then You Got In The Crosshairs Of Corrupt Upper Management ]

[ The Unit Coordinator Was Sleeping With Some Of The Inmates ]

[ The Ones Above Her Was Turning A Blind Eye To It All ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ A Good Leader … 2026 ]

What makes a good leader?

[ What Makes A Good Leader? ]

[ There Are Many Qualities That Go Into Being A Good Leader ]

[ Patience ]

[ Understanding ]

[ Knows How To Stay Calm In The Face Of Adversity ]

[ Being Respected & Being Respectful ]

[ Knowledge In Whatever They Are Trying To Lead ]

[ A People Person ]

[ A Quick Learner & Good Facilitator ]

[ Good Speaker ]

[ Honest ]

[ Has A Conscience]

[ A Good Leader, A Good Coach Or A Good Boss Would Never Ask Someone To Do Something That They Wouldn’t Do. Good Ones Have Experience & Can Demonstrate To & For Others What The Task Is They Want Done ]

[ Leads By Example ]

[ Is Above Reproach ]

[ Looks Out For The Weakest As Much As They Do The Strongest ]

[ Helps Other’s Succeed ]

[ Is Not A “Me” Person ]

[ Shares The Credit With Their Team ]

[ Doesn’t Have To Be The Smartest Person That Can Recite Facts, Codes Or Laws. But Knows How & From Where To Get The Information That Is Needed ]

[ Knows How To Use The Internet In A Lawful Way ]

[ Knows Their Limitations, So They Surround Themselves With Smarter People Than Themselves ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Un-Invent … 2026 ]

If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

[ What Would You Un-Invent? ]

[ That Is A Whopper Of A Question ]

[ You Would Un-Invent The Atomic Bomb ]

[ You Would Un-Invent Cyanide ]

[ You Would Un-Invent Gun Powder ]

[ No Gun Powder, No Guns ]

[ You Wish That You Could Un-Invent Hate Clear Across The Spectrum ]

[ Because Hate Is A Learned Behavior, Not Innate ]

[ Maybe You Could Wish That Certain Behaviors Be Un-Learned ]

[ You Would Un-Invent Grading In A School Classroom ]

[ You Wish You Could Un-Invent Alcohol ]

[ You Wish You Could Un-Invent Illicit Drugs ]

[ You Wish, You Wish, You Wish ]

[ Maybe Instead Of Un-Inventing Things, The World Could Figure Out How To Use Inventions In A Positive Way, Instead Of The More Common Destructive Way ]

[ You Wish You Could Un-Invent As Many Diseases As Possible ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~

(001)▪︎[ Loved … 2026 ]

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

[ Share A POSITIVE Example Of Where You’ve Felt Loved? ]

[ First Off, You Cannot Think Of A NEGATIVE Example Where You’ve Felt Loved! ]

[ Negative & Love Just Do Not Belong In The Same Sentence Or Thought. @ Least Not In Your Mind ]

[ An Example Where You Have Felt Love Is Every Morning You Wake Up Next To Your Wife ]

[ Except For A Vacation With A Good Friend, By You & Her, Or You Spending Nights In The Hospital ]

[ Every Day You See & Feel The Love Of Your Wife. Have Been For The Last (29yrs) & (10mos) ]

[ The Love & Thought That Was Put In To Plan A Getaway For Your Anniversary, Well Not Exactly On The Date ]

[ The Love Of A Good Friend Who Offers To Take Your Sports Cards To A Big Card Show To Sell Them, Without Asking/Wanting Anything In Return ]

[ The Love, Friendship, & Trust A Close Friend Shows In Accepting You As One Of Her Own Family Members ]

[ The Love & Care That Thing 1 Puts In Making You Fresh Pancakes In The Morning ]

[ The Love & Thought That Went Into The Present That Thing 1 Gifted You ]

[ The Love & Care That Thing 2 Puts In Everytime She Runs You All Over The City Just To Get You Out Of The House ]

[ The Love & Thought That Thing 2 Put Into A Gift For You ]

[ The Love, Care & Friendship That Thing 1 & Thing 2 Show/Give You Every Second They Spend With You ]

[ You Truly Feel Loved ]

Mahalo,

~ Lopaka DeVoe ~