Dear Dreamer

love, America

Farmhouse 2020 - Marion County, Oregon | drive-by image

According to statistics in 2023 Oregon currently has the second-highest untreated addiction rate in the country. The state also ranks last in the nation in providing addiction treatment access.

Oregon is also one of the most farm reliant states. Farmers and ranchers here produce over 240 agriculture products that feed the state. They are renowned across the country ­and the world for their quality. It may be surprising that 97% of Oregon’s farms and ranches are family owned and operated. However, they are folding faster than ever due to suffocating, intentional legislative agendas, as land is purchased by more and more foreign entities and good people, many who have held onto century farms, are swallowed up, along with our most important food chain.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

But what of them? what of all the people who have no say, no vote, in this meaningless word “Democracy.”

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Dear Dreamer dare to dream
as politicians boldly scheme
Dear Farmer tilling soil
for regulators you toil
Dear Ranch home on the range
cabinet birdcage in exchange
Dear Doers that cannot do
for their claws are scratching you
Dear Drug Addict unambiguous
your stump of sidewalk deciduous
Dear Drug Racketeer
we see your new frontier
Dear Dying and the Dead
your trust they surely tread
Dear God upon the Universe
help the idols of such foolishness
Dear Dreamer stay awake
for your time is sure at stake
Dear Wordsmith, Poet, Artist
hold on for you are stardust
Dear Land of the Free
release it back to thee.

love, America
ox

Dear Dreamer - by deborah t. hewitt

Same farmhouse July 23rd, 2024