Jan
3
The Last Time I Saw Billy
Filed Under Poegles
For Billy Mills
The last time I saw Billy was on the platform of the Trenton train station many years ago now. He had on a hat, was smoking a cigar and talking on a cell phone. Billy came right over to me and gave me a hug. He was too busy to talk much.
I was shocked to see he was not the same guy. We met in Nashville in 1985 or 1986. I was living there doing session work and playing in a corporate event band. He was there bartending. Billy had some of the best stories and he was not afraid to tell them to you.
I am ashamed of having let so much time pass. I wish that our goodbye was a better one.
-Editor (search phrase “the last time i saw billy”)
Editor’s note: Billy Mills runs a great poetry blog called Poster Poems on the Guardian website. Check it out.
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