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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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. p" {% M: ^0 pShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 7 K, x" u5 `; ]4 W
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.0 A! D& Q9 b7 R6 R
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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; }. L$ S# C. R& p) nIt! 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" g: W4 d, X: A
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Have you ever watched kids
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1 l! O4 V6 f' i3 L5 T' rOn a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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1 U. D! _" ~0 s) D1 lSlapping on the ground?' M; j$ H) W/ D! M1 I) W8 u
6 }( F. |% F j0 uEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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2 L- Y1 v: o8 P7 x# f& ZOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.
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& b* B% @9 h7 y* z- q: H, vDon't dance so fast.2 _; e6 u O# ^% v
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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, E4 Q9 ] c% S2 a! Y& g# ADo you run through each day7 h2 L/ ]1 ~; X! F5 `3 U5 }
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On the fly?
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8 o Y2 b; o7 j/ U uWhen you ask How are you?# z% H9 h n/ {) q6 G
" z" v B3 k9 jDo you hear the reply?' ]2 {7 ]! Q0 F8 A3 [ _3 D) Y
5 j! v1 G- M* F) u/ s6 wWhen the day is done/ s( d. U8 R+ }3 N
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Do you lie in your bed
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+ l1 D" {5 {/ M! d8 W/ fWith the next hundred chores
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+ Z1 K1 @0 s) c2 M* ?0 f3 xRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down- Z5 L# b H( f% |
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Don't dance so fast.; C' Y) e7 j( i% J; l' X2 f. A
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The music won't last.3 f0 Z: r) x. W% `+ a* M
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Ever told your child,2 e- z8 P& v. U- y9 @
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,0 N* b0 x; Z. L/ e& l
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Ever lost touch,
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, o+ z% l) K j8 s: mLet a good friendship die
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1 R/ e/ y; J3 ?% l6 E. zCause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"' o" O" m7 M b3 G. k) [* l0 \: m
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.( E V, h: |9 ]2 y4 g
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day, _8 z( x$ a. J1 w! Y8 |9 R# x
: I7 B. r" l7 Z s$ e; W7 {1 r4 yIt is like an unopened gift....- g7 g3 V) j& |3 n, j! @) @ x# ?
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Thrown away.
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8 i# F! z* f2 Y* a6 Y( OLife is not a race.
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}, E& i' |2 G. R$ n8 d4 ]Do take it slower
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Hear the music! b& f9 Q& Y O c, z; g( a' R/ w
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Before the song is over., G6 k4 {6 L0 ?: e# h
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/ p( O9 o- G# p- E1 O" ~1 I" W/ GFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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. y R. s5 s) |) h/ B3 }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.
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She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
3 n, [( G$ k& Q8 j7 B* jBy 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!
& i# }* q/ y6 W. h+ m6 CPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor5 f3 W+ ~: F2 Q% m
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology' C' q! B N3 {( I3 Q9 u+ [: m
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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