Never SMOOTH:
Stafford'S HANDS
by
Bosley Gravel
SMASHWORDS EDITION
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NEVER SMOOTH:
STAFFORD'S HANDS
Copyright © 1996 by Bosley Gravel
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STAFFORD’S HANDS
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Ay me! For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth
— The Bard
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Things growing are not ripe until their season;
So I, being young, till now ripe not to reason