Old Hag

10:50 A.M. E-mail from my old friend Nelson, who says he's excited to see my Oxford American essayâ€"”Ode to an Enchanted Hotel”â€"about Miami's Biltmore in print. 11:00 A.M. Nine hours of writing and snacking. ... I published a lot of poems that I didn't entirely dislike, and even a book of poems I am okay with. I had a good shield of a resume which nonetheless, at the age of 30, hadn't kept me from being fired already from about 4 jobs and leaving 4 more, because at any job ...