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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. 9 c2 K- N( @* M4 j% Z- A
& |0 l* s; w# BIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
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3 b1 m" H: b" tThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.+ ]/ T4 U0 i4 @1 @
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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 U, ]3 Y6 d& j; {( b" x$ bSLOW DANCE X5 A" k6 a+ w+ N( E
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Have you ever watched kids
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2 g7 k4 A1 Q, z* U% V2 BOn a merry-go-round?
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, X* n' }. ~# d2 POr listened to the rain
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) X9 Y" W1 N Z& r% LSlapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?+ k j: o' M& M7 N# s$ t9 E% T
% \7 I+ _4 J9 f# UYou better slow down.1 K* S, H# m" l4 M' F5 @+ j8 W
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Don't dance so fast.' v5 f8 N: M" Y5 G5 i8 T! W
. p ?- P' F3 ~9 }, DTime is short.
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0 ^ r/ N% `" h, ~( F% QThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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8 w# C+ D6 O6 Y% h e+ _On the fly?. K) k( T! I7 S
- {/ r; e2 O: a4 P6 x9 \8 ZWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?1 _$ J; T8 z$ L! I
, O% |) n6 v! ?# D" _" o9 qWhen the day is done
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4 h0 [' M3 y2 m& |Do you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.' U# }% G2 S$ p0 ?' T3 ?
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Time is short.2 K& f& L0 Y. e. L
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The music won't last.5 s- T/ f' A: B, u1 E. X( H5 X0 g" o
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Ever told your child,' D2 C; b; @ M: W4 X
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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1 D" c1 j. E) ^* r# iAnd in your haste,. u/ W, M9 l0 \8 I3 G3 Q( s" h5 z6 L
* _9 H: `/ U& d. G6 z" d9 m1 O6 `Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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6 C. E; g6 B( x8 lLet a good friendship die2 q& s7 f0 g0 x- b2 i. `" g
5 s+ T6 N( w/ {" _: A( YCause you never had time
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& \. G- s3 o8 v/ [! l% |To call and say,"Hi"
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$ }/ T5 i7 q. H) N: bYou'd better slow down., a0 f+ ]4 W8 o: _
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Don't dance so fast.% V1 X# \. o" `5 O3 V8 ]
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.4 h, B( ~: D* B. k
% U- u# L6 u4 Y s2 hWhen you run so fast to get somewhere1 F% p2 f+ ^* J. N
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.7 i0 B5 c* E& s; K$ e
' Z4 P6 ]+ p3 e" ~' }5 `; gLife is not a race.
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! n+ L6 o/ B3 Q8 c( U& U9 ~" f5 Z# t7 s, VDo take it slower
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6 |" s- Y; D+ G' a' O# b S: WHear the music' G8 |* [2 a5 G+ t8 [
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Before the song is over.) G m+ |1 |* B) G/ N
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9 V6 s' W& j k; v$ p" pFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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$ b! W+ d$ c$ H, N2 y) H" {Dear All:
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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.
: U% U# k, m& FThis 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. x7 \+ [& m9 Q& h
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
( R# [! U0 U0 k1 a5 T3 ?, GBy 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!
# F9 ]8 N0 [& a: ?+ nPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST. y- O- k0 V$ f) e, M# N8 G# Z5 q
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor7 m# s4 T p% X( O( l1 I
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology; R- B4 @* G4 R$ v# C9 R
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