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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 1 Z) [9 f3 s k6 y$ r" r) d/ R! k
2 m" b. S/ s# j0 L' M, M: zShe wants to see how many people get her poem. ' [: l. Y' q3 j! \
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It 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.
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3 M, n6 n7 d& iSLOW DANCE' |+ s7 }4 u& \3 Z# V4 B( b8 z
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?8 O D* J. v6 m$ o1 f
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Or listened to the rain% y/ b" j" I% H/ g7 K
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Slapping on the ground?0 |% x+ J+ T9 B; V0 D3 C4 s5 T
3 f) q/ {& \+ I8 @" GEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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) d* G: R! ~; l6 r$ R5 xYou better slow down.2 V9 a& _1 l X& G2 i' ~
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Don't dance so fast.
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4 r) f% u) q: Y( eThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?
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When you ask How are you?2 R5 e+ q5 `) X8 k, `9 b- E9 P
$ n# O ^9 s/ A$ ?) YDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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{& s$ C0 E7 HDo you lie in your bed: T& e; ]2 a/ e @/ ?; j; \/ J
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& f4 m* q- I9 p. K$ s) \! PRunning through your head?& n: ~ g$ z& @1 R2 j6 n F' k
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You'd better slow down
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9 m/ f3 C6 P9 I; F TDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.6 f3 c% F6 s D! F+ J9 Q+ W$ }2 q
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?% a' c1 l% {2 ~0 S8 r: K& Q) q. z
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?2 }9 H6 ]; S& Z @2 m" _" F& O
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Ever lost touch,1 V4 s- K' h, E! n
; v. a4 {1 n; E/ \' uLet a good friendship die
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0 y: f9 _4 A/ d, UCause you never had time4 i3 f6 Q# D" f* ?6 h, z$ N
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To call and say,"Hi"5 x1 ?% N3 v% w+ ?6 I) G* E) h
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You'd better slow down.# w r$ w8 B! H) E% ~
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Don't dance so fast.5 M( o! l# t& Z8 t* j
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Time is short.
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. ^$ u5 W; B) S; O0 g# U% IWhen you run so fast to get somewhere) ` G2 _5 E8 d- t# I; Q* p' t. T; f
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,9 T/ t9 Z/ P7 {( B8 ]$ Y
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It is like an unopened gift....
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' j! a& M: H& \. L! l0 KThrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Hear the music/ f8 }4 s3 C* W5 Z8 C) c
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' @- `& `8 V9 F/ OFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.8 B( X( c7 R- ^* l3 D
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& X2 R- l% r. g; O2 J8 @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.2 B+ ~! R2 h! F7 I _
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.
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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!
, I K* W* I1 R$ q1 rPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.8 Z2 t2 L7 }+ R) R7 s
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' @# G3 M/ c. m6 M, [Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor# Q+ M4 D, C& U. I: p2 n0 s
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology. E& d8 b; j5 [) ? Z* C
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