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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. ' n) W( n/ |- d3 n6 {
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. & ^# j( g0 w8 c" \
9 q: U! i' M4 o. q wIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.2 [* } G: Y8 o' U& H
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" H) V+ l( c: d/ {; r/ `It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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SLOW DANCE$ _% v) U$ [$ Q$ M) D+ V: V
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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7 a( F" E1 [& W& l! @2 T6 JOr listened to the rain
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' ?6 |7 y) [4 s9 b3 G) OSlapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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. ^9 P* W! @. Y: b- x+ h( sOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?0 t+ k& K6 z# L% l: I/ k
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You better slow down.' a% T; ~! ~: y) s0 v' ~; ~
7 s+ E5 g7 ?2 {8 _Don't dance so fast.6 |$ K1 |# b |# ^4 y% P" c
0 j# N4 o3 J' }Time is short.0 r2 D% ~2 ?: L4 q# [
' P8 \. Q: g1 x1 TThe music won't last.
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' U+ @) v) J+ x1 o) eDo you run through each day
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# p* G, O3 x' t5 E5 T& oOn the fly?) K. u4 i# h: m* X
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When you ask How are you?/ m2 p' }% q1 ]. R
3 q0 u. V5 z. U; v; |3 lDo you hear the reply?
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2 r+ `' d" v/ J/ B6 T, f5 W, gWhen the day is done5 q% n% R& F4 Y0 d
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Do you lie in your bed/ S# ?$ [: k! L$ }- b
! ]8 D0 `5 ]' D7 E/ jWith the next hundred chores: V: G# Q: \: K, z1 {" F7 f' h
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Running through your head?' F2 i4 n2 T4 f( M2 q
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You'd better slow down
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! h K6 r" i: i- |& }4 L9 p8 i7 rDon't dance so fast. W) z( } {9 Y3 h4 X4 r- T
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Time is short.
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6 u1 }. ^, i& J) q) I% S- ~The music won't last.4 C: z* d$ h- k" Z! v0 d% a
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1 x( u. j8 T7 W/ [Ever told your child,7 l# }7 `$ g) R. m: p
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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9 }. |3 ]; E2 G. |; tAnd in your haste,
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1 u7 Q- i) m5 Y8 ^Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die4 m- @. |3 L' h; ?2 C2 G" |
# |3 z1 I1 B0 P4 P9 E# KCause you never had time; I9 f( e6 F6 y; _ e
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To call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.% F2 C" V% m3 Z2 |
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Don't dance so fast.' ^# V, ?& u7 y: \0 Z) c
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Time is short.4 S `. e4 A) f6 ?
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there., O& y. s6 B1 [$ h" M
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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5 K1 V& P5 l$ a% ^1 h: {It is like an unopened gift....
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8 g; k7 N4 S+ g z/ zThrown away. J3 H# a* v9 [" U# }3 b& U
* g- C+ P8 j4 W9 v7 wLife is not a race.# ~; J. B/ y4 J% b
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Do take it slower
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+ W/ N, K3 P% D _9 WHear the music
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" `5 a; L9 R; P% |/ g9 a( ]! mBefore the song is over.# b9 H: M, n& X2 c8 d
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9 c7 ~" b, e0 x" N, HFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.7 F/ P. i& G4 m
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: z# y1 u# C4 @. ^Dear All:( X1 L% ?; v, o
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J9 K- b& [* w* B9 m. i5 ]; K) }PLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know - even to those you don't know! It is the request of a special girl who will soon leave this world due to cancer./ x% ^# s9 b) g( C, `
This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since she never will./ q) m. S5 _. w1 T& G2 V9 a; Z
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
: w5 D5 n' Z; lBy you sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her family a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, The American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can at least send it to 5 or 6. It's not even your money, just your time!, T1 V$ U6 O6 G# Z( E
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor2 K f" \: S: X2 F/ ~( q
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology' b/ G: E3 k$ a' h
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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