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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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# j) y. [+ F! d8 UShe wants to see how many people get her poem. % \; D% E4 R) m1 t$ u
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.2 E0 m! ^1 E1 p0 \( m! |" j* a
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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% |: p! M5 r: W, l0 i& M) FIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.5 g( T5 D- `* L( U. ?5 E: i
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% B6 D5 h7 d2 U+ {SLOW DANCE
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( j6 O7 y. {( i9 h" i0 _Have you ever watched kids0 [/ T9 j9 w4 v7 g8 V3 u q! j( M
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On a merry-go-round?: z( n* o$ ?; d: k- t
' k( B. v; A4 f! R) L3 J& n( QOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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) H- o" v% k+ H3 Q- CEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?* S) [7 w( t& d) K8 b
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.& C7 T Y0 g0 N; r! Y1 W
1 O. _; P/ A% _9 N" {+ EDon't dance so fast. V F! t3 W9 {2 K6 V9 k; F
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Time is short.
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: i3 g, ]1 [+ i7 W" JThe music won't last.
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. g0 E* S8 S4 U* p; q. f9 _Do you run through each day
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8 D7 U$ |+ V, f) x0 i* ~On the fly?
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- L, Y$ Y- R# P" p fWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done: U7 d* V5 p" |8 W
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Do you lie in your bed7 i3 o% _# r3 a0 q
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Running through your head?2 m+ ~, F: `4 f' `. s- J+ I0 J
* n6 r$ o* l5 x4 ]$ s& mYou'd better slow down. i# O5 Y+ v# _" X
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Don't dance so fast.
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9 Y) u# X& I* M' J, |# F1 dTime is short.
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7 Z4 d$ h" ?$ B# kThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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And in your haste,
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" w) X& F7 g7 I }Not see his sorrow?
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3 D+ M5 N( m1 j0 o! K2 cEver lost touch,% r; H% e, n( n6 B, ?" |# v2 {
+ L# b Q9 G& R' I/ s" ?4 [Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time) ^4 ?' W! S0 B* ?: F, G! q; Q
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To call and say,"Hi"
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$ j' S: z7 D4 Y! I, u, R5 {; aYou'd better slow down.
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0 F1 j! V. `3 A9 q3 pDon't dance so fast.1 ]; W7 }( m# P
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When you run so fast to get somewhere4 V; q1 k+ {' q- e* M+ A
% V( R1 w# s9 E; L) r8 iYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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7 U4 `5 u! R7 J6 mIt is like an unopened gift....! Z+ n) T9 G/ ]: N, ^$ h( ?1 U
' \4 V, {$ ^% f4 O. G; h3 b9 K6 GThrown away.
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6 V8 P; H, S" i2 H d4 vLife is not a race.
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. t' F' {( ]. d9 U% V' tDo take it slower
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Hear the music1 K! D# A; V F
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Before the song is over.
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! b1 D2 p- g, M" b: s$ MFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT. K/ _1 ?5 b7 A/ Y
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2 P, b* y( i+ q U+ [, ?Dear All:( f/ O, `( k- U. c0 v% s3 q
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! [/ V9 G* N9 e0 Z. @/ ]! }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.
" h" {2 Y3 w1 QThis 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.3 n; O; s7 i, X- O: i
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
6 s% u& t6 o1 l' mBy 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!
; M9 J- ~7 `. E5 pPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST." Z s4 L5 Q! Z3 `1 l t
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4 n$ N, v4 o3 U9 z; n' zDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
V( g3 R! Z" k$ u4 u ]Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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