Hiki i ka mea kālai'āina, e like me ka puke, hiki ke hoʻopōʻino i nā ʻano he nui ʻole koe hoʻokahi: ka uhi. ʻO ke koho ʻana i kahi manakia no kona nui a me kona ʻano he mea lapuwale ia me ke koho ʻana i puke no kona uhi. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka mea nāna e hana ia mea ʻoiai ke mahalo nui mākou i nā mea maikaʻi a inaina i nā kāʻei. Pēlā nō, ʻaʻole au i ʻike i ke kumu i koho ai ka poʻe i ka wīwī. ʻO ka nani a me ka hanger maikaʻi, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka mea kiaʻi ka pono a me ka hewa. ʻO kahi puke, e like me ke kālai'āina, hoʻomaka e ʻike ʻia ma kāna ʻaoʻao mua. Manaʻo kekahi e hoʻonui ma kahi o 30 pakeneka ma mua o ka haʻalele. He aha ka manaʻo o Liz Truss no kēia pākēneka. He kiʻekiʻe loa ia no ke kumu e like me ka maʻalahi, e like me nā kumu kūpono. Me na mea maikai a pau a makou i waiho ai e heluhelu. E like me nā pilikia e mālama ʻia ma ka lehulehu a, inā he hewa ʻole, e ʻike ʻia nā alakaʻi. ʻO ka mea kākau, e like me ka mea kālai'āina, koho i kāna mau kiʻi, hoʻoholo i ko lākou makemake, kā lākou kaua a me nā mea a lākou e hūnā ai. I loko o kēia kaiaola kahi e hele ai ka mea heluhelu, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui ka hele ʻana o nā mea ma ke ʻano he lanakila a i ʻole he poʻe a ʻoi aku ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ua ʻike nui ʻia inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka palapala ma mua o ke talena. A i ʻole i ka wā e hoʻohiki ai lākou iā ʻoe i kahi hopena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻokō maoli ʻia a huli ʻoe i nā ʻaoʻao e kali ana i kahi wili, i ka postmodern, e kūkulu i ka heluhelu. ʻAe, e like me kāu e hāʻawi ai i kahi palena ma ka hoʻomaka, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻokolokolo i kahi puke ma kona hopena. Akā inā ʻoe e hana i nā manaʻolana i kū ʻole, hoʻopunipuni. ʻO kēlā manaʻo o ka hoʻopau ʻana i kahi puke a me ka manaʻo hoʻopunipuni ... ʻo ka mea i hoʻāʻo e ʻike, ʻo ka mea a Lope de Vega e ʻōlelo ai. No laila inā ʻoe i loko o nā hale kūʻai a ʻike ʻoe e ʻimi wale ka mea pāʻani e hoʻokomo i kāna ʻano pono iā ʻoe. ʻO ka manaʻo o ka hana e like me ka manaʻo o ka Moku'āina. Pono pono. Hana ʻia me nā ʻano hana hoʻi a i waho, kahi e hui pū ai ka 'cazavotismo' a me ka 'bestsellerism'. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma hope o 'Yellow Rain', ua kākau ʻia kahi mea kūpono e pili ana i ka depopulation? Malia paha kekahi moʻolelo hoʻohenehene e pili ana i nā poʻe kālai'āina o ke kūlanakauhale e kau ana ma luna o kahi tractor. ʻO ka piko o ka pāʻani ke nīnau mau iā lākou i hea lākou e noho ai. He aha kāu e lawe ai i kāu mau keiki? ʻO ka mea a lākou e ʻai ai, pehea lākou e hele ai a wela paha i ko lākou mau hale. Ma ka leka uila, hiki i ka mea kākau ke hoʻāʻo e hele mai ka mea ʻaʻole a i ka mea i loaʻa ʻole iā ia i ka wā mua, akā i ka hopena, puka ʻo ia i waho. Ma ka politika, like. He manuahi ka heluhelu ʻana, e like me ke koho balota—ma ke aupuni democracy—a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana ma mua o ka ʻole, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana. I kekahi manawa ʻo ia wale nō kā mākou i koe. ʻAʻohe mea e hoʻihoʻi mai iā mākou i ka mea nui loa: nalowale ka manawa. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi e pili ana i nā puke maikaʻi ʻole, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka manawa a hiki iā ʻoe ke poina iā lākou. Akā, ʻo ka pōʻino i waiho ʻia e ke kanaka kālaiʻāina maikaʻi ʻole e hoʻoili ʻia i kā mākou mau keiki, no ka mea, aia kekahi poʻe e hoʻohaumia i ka wā i hala, kēia manawa a me ka wā e hiki mai ana. No kēia kumu, ʻo kekahi, inā he hoʻomaka maikaʻi kā lākou, i ka hopena, inaina mākou i ko lākou alo, me ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole lākou i hewa ma laila.
