Roots (Unpub)

Cousins, uncles, dads and brothers;
sisters (sev’ral), great-grandmothers;
sons-in-law, one aunt, some others:
Shun the Family May! It smothers.
 
Auntie weaves with metal fibers:
she’s call'd Gold La May.
Her husband scats such jazzy tunes:
he’s Uncle Mel (“Tor”) May.
 
Mel's mum's into music, too:

she’s bill’d E. (“Dee”) Gore-May.
Her son (alas, away at war)
she christen’d L’Omar May.
 
L’Om’s brother Cumm’s the ne’er-do-well:
he’s known as Cumm (“Watt”) May.
His sister’s argumentative:
she’s Beatha D'Hazzitt-May.

 
     (to be continued)