This is entirely a work of fiction. Any references to real people, living or dead, real events, businesses, organizations and localities are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. All names, characters and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.
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For Caleb
Surely, he walks among us unrecognized:
Some barber, store clerk, delivery man …
Charles Simic, ‘Master of Disguises’
The houses are all gone under the sea.
The dancers are all gone under the hill.
T. S. Eliot, ‘East Coker’
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