The manifest shortens by one: Fern Diallo, 77 years. 2 children carry the line on.
Generation 3 · deceased
Fern Diallo
Died Year 135, Day 270, aged 77.
- Born
- Year 58, Day 4
- Department
- Archive & Schools
- Parents
- Elsie Diallo · Babatunde Jaber
- Children
- Adrián Diallo · Zenith Diallo
- “Harvests of Ring B” — a poem, Year 76, Day 136
- “The Whole Map” — a song, Year 89, Day 280
Fern Diallo stands down from Archive & Schools at sixty-eight, to the orchard benches and the long game of stones.
The youngest aboard is now Zenith Diallo, minutes old, asleep. 957 souls.
“The Whole Map,” a song by Fern Diallo, is unveiled on the night watch to the particular applause of Archive & Schools.
A birth in Ring D: Adrián, boy, generation 4. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
A joining in Ring B: Ikenna Quaye and Fern Diallo. The pressing of cider is authorized.
Fern Diallo has made a poem called “Harvests of Ring B.” Asked what it means, she says it means about nine years of evenings.
Fern Diallo stands the walk of the full spinal corridor, as the sixteen-year custom is, and joins Archive & Schools.
Elsie Diallo and Babatunde Jaber name their daughter Fern. The nursery lamps stay warm.