Fasti Poem by Falguni Guharay

Abala Sundari Guha Roy, the fanal matriarch
Her life immersed in epics of facetiae
A fictor of tales with fasti of words and verses
Rendering from faldstool of her familistery
At finale, her foliform hands rest on her filemot chest.

16th August 2020
Managua, Nicaragua

Fanal: lighthouse or beacon
Facetiae: books of inappropriate nature
Fasti: record or register
Fictor: sculptor; one who makes images from clay
Faldstool: desk from which the Litany is read at church service
Familistery: house for communal living
Foliform: shaped like a leaf
Filemot: dead-leaf color; dull brown