title: Kafka topic cannot be deleted or recreated
body: <p>I have a Kafka topic that seems to simultaneously exist and not exist.</p>
  
  <pre><code>kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic my-topic --delete 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>returns an error: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Topics in [] does not exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Meanwhile, trying to re-create the topic </p>
  
  <pre><code>kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --topic my-topic \
   --create --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>returns </p>
  
  <pre><code>Topic already exists
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It does not show up in the topics list with </p>
  
  <pre><code>kafka-topics.sh --list
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I suspect some form of corruption but it's no clear how I can fully delete the topic so that it can be re-created</p>