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

Dear Dreamer

love, America


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.”

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

- deborah t. hewitt

Same farmhouse July 23rd, 2024

A sample from my Substack writing website, The Family We Keep (<—click)