William Bailey:
CLASS OF 1970
Freehold Borough High SchoolClass of 1970
Freehold, NJ
Evergreen State CollegeClass of 2000
Olympia, WA
Marlboro High SchoolClass of 1970
Marlboro, NJ
Freehold Intermediate SchoolClass of 1966
Freehold, NJ
Edith M. Griebling Elementary SchoolClass of 1962
Howell, NJ
William's Story
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Thinking about Freehold, nearly 40 years ago, I am reminded of this poem, it fits so well and sums up a lot of life.
Everything We Do
by Peter Meinke
Everything we do is for our first loves
whom we have lost irrevocably
who have married insurance salesmen
and moved to Topeka
and never think of us at all.
We fly planes & design buildings
and write poems
that all say Sally I love you
I'll never love anyone else
Why didn't you know I was going to be a poet?
The walks to school, the kisses in the snow
gather as we dream...Expand for more
backwards, sweetness with age:
our legs are young again, our voices
strong and happy, we're not afraid.
We don't know enough to be afraid.
And now
we hold (hidden, hopeless) the hope
that some day
she may fly in our plane
enter our building read our poem
And that night, deep in her dream,
Sally, far in darkness, in Topeka,
with the salesman lying beside her,
will cry out
our unfamiliar name.
"Everything We Do" by Peter Meinke, from Liquid Paper: New and Selected Poems. © University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. Reprinted with permission.
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