A Mystery on May Eighteenth…by Robert M. Katzman
(Written Wednesday, May 19, 2016)
6 am
Another day.
Still here.
My lower back is frozen. I stretch my knees to my chest for a while. Body still works if I do what it requires to please it. You grow older, things fall apart.
More than just the sixty miles, returning to Illinois is more like: Out of the woods and into the town, than anything else.
I’m meeting with a man this morning who has invited me to read my poetry or stories to his Jewish Authors Club. Maybe fifty people will be there after he sends out his notice of my coming appearance. Maybe one hundred fifty.
The event is staged inside of a restaurant. Dishes will clink against each other as lunch is served, but that’s the situation such a setting offers. I can bring copies of my five books with me if I wish to do that. Perhaps I’ll sell some of them.
But don’t get my hopes up about selling many of them. I mean, who am I?
Famous?
No.