Uncertainty Finds Obscurity
by Jerry Dale McDonnell©2014 Published in MungBeing#56--2014 Scene 1 While he was surveying at his meager library (14 narrow shelves in three freestanding units and 3 hung with adjustable brackets) he finds a slim one-page quarter folded pamphlet opening at a measurement of 11 x 17 inches (roughly) titled “Obscurity,” by Don Skiles, published by Cross+Roads Press, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. Yes, he remembers it. A gift. Opens it to its full size and begins reading. Now consider just three evenings past while he was awaiting to read a piece of his own at the launching of a literary journal he was sitting next to a woman whose photo was the cover of the new edition of Cirque (not or herself, but an abstract image) made mention of a poet of which he did not have knowledge. Published poetry. “His (he forgot the infamous or famous poet’s name immediately) poetry has been published by Norton,” she said. “Not small pres