Conversation Starter

Politics
Written By Will Caron

Honolulu Civil Beat
December 14, 2025

I’m the Conversation Starter, twisted Conversation Starter
I’m the one who texts the threats to get the vote locked in
I’m the one who holds the funds, the trouble I've begun

You wanted dialogue, I gave you flame
A text to make them fall in line, a political shame
’Start a conversation,’ yeah, that’s my claim
I’m the Conversation Starter, fuelin’ Honolulu Hale’s bad fame

With a flick of my thumb, watch the system maim
Twisted Conversation Starter, yeah that’s my name.

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Will Caron

Award-winning illustrator, painter, cartoonist, photographer, editor & writer; former editor-in-chief of Summit magazine, The Hawaii Independent, INhonolulu & Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi. Current communications director for Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center.

https://www.willcaronhawaii.com/
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