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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. ! l+ V9 o, @- @
/ g( h2 h* T; ^# ZIt 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.
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM." k S" G. }" x
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# A; @3 F7 q# h) jSLOW DANCE: b [, z. Z6 o& k" b p
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# i0 p% k1 x3 ~& _Have you ever watched kids( D3 T) ]& {! Q
% g7 W$ m3 }4 \4 Q0 [$ ~( H3 y1 iOn a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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' N7 W; m) y+ E! r) q1 L( ~' zEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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6 O+ B* k1 e5 r8 z2 i+ c2 o: s; vOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?, M; k f% N( \3 s: h
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You better slow down.
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5 t& U7 A' ~2 b" b6 k4 K/ Y2 ADon't dance so fast.' `8 y( t8 d1 M+ D
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Time is short.
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The music won't last., J* Z4 N3 c& B2 `* t% [. a6 P
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1 Q6 G" w( s/ K+ D2 \Do you run through each day+ Q; V' c- Y) w) ]) q L0 q) D
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On the fly?7 B+ i/ r' l$ U' ~9 t) z& m6 q
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When you ask How are you?
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1 H1 O7 Z# _- D/ `5 k2 }+ uDo you hear the reply?0 M' M" @8 I- K6 N9 n" Y
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When the day is done
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, H9 o7 ]- F& h1 e% j2 kDo you lie in your bed: j/ l3 |7 e `# ?* E* u, ]* Z( o
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With the next hundred chores
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! d% E; n' B" O- R: ^Running through your head?* O/ ~* l$ L. U: y4 j
2 M, P9 [- _8 ^You'd better slow down
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" N3 o' E2 g7 @ E! u4 A9 Z4 yDon't dance so fast.3 M5 y2 N! A* {" r7 b7 }
. ]4 {: t4 X0 q1 Y1 |4 DTime is short.
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- D- c9 D8 |; a8 L, f5 O( l. o! oThe music won't last.% N" c1 f0 t% L+ b) E
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?$ t/ h4 H2 B/ }5 |2 T8 W
7 l- h) k4 S$ HEver lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die& L& d1 I$ x6 Q$ v7 S
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. D. F& r B0 P3 f5 @You'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.; w2 X) A& w( H6 a
0 M3 {/ m7 P/ [2 w# YTime is short.
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+ O z( g5 }5 N' p* OThe music won't last.
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5 I3 s4 J3 \- h4 V2 o4 hWhen you run so fast to get somewhere( }) W* ]+ s, F. g4 h, ?+ Q) h% ?& C
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It is like an unopened gift....
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* ~+ G) J0 s8 `& z- H" O. |1 @2 nThrown away.
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7 o" n. W2 L- C" }7 E( CLife is not a race.
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1 I5 @* L# R3 h, i( ^; RDo take it slower
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- Z7 w6 u1 `$ Q, j! A# {, xHear the music+ B2 | I/ ~9 }, ?
# E6 b% e! H7 a: L$ N+ K& |- F) oBefore the song is over.
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$ ]: c' `, M. L P$ e+ f7 i, jFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.; f* s8 A- @* C( k
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Dear All:
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5 b; e7 ^- c' F* |; bPLEASE 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.
# z5 P# u3 O( P1 L5 A `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.
' n6 Q k% p( rShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.% J( F$ c' N' L+ C. S! k
By 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!) e, ~/ x0 [2 }1 d) Y2 c( u* W
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.7 J: h, Q* f# T
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+ M" |7 {+ W9 J) _+ }6 \Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor% ~8 r6 E3 o% U7 J/ n
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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