I followed my family name
to Yorkshire cemetery
where those old family headstones
held the dates of birth and death
those old Anglo Saxon names
etched upright in native stone
surrounded old Roman church
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bell tolled to gather us in
stone baptismal at the door
I drank from silver chalice
the vicar offered me
in the rite of communion
aware of ancestral lips
that had taken worship there
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I search Proctor family name
Old English word proketour
occupational surname
for those who worked as steward
from the Latin procurare
to manage spiritu cors
keeper of the key— that’s me
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NaPoWriMo prompt to delve into your name
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