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Slow Dance (please read and pass on)

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发表于 2006-10-4 09:59 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  6 Y* ?& u' S0 s/ U

* Z" V- r# a: _( d- B# qShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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6 V* O, f$ Z4 v/ LThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital., a. c1 i, Q1 N" H& a

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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.$ \% W' {4 T0 T/ Z

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SLOW DANCE
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3 I; W3 T! c! F# s3 @; x; C* ~Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?8 |! g' I/ m6 j' R- ~- u

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You better slow down.( J. N$ r& v* v. p
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Don't dance so fast.
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( _% O& m# A: m; X+ m/ PTime is short.
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! K, [, X. h5 ]+ b8 @/ cThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day1 A( ^6 a- V7 ~' o

& k4 u1 w- ^3 eOn the fly?
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When you ask How are you?
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' K, C' R+ K: y# KDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done7 v' x2 a/ y2 q4 T! a! o3 ]
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; C4 M3 q: i8 gDo you lie in your bed% O- n& t2 W3 g* I1 f. z8 j
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With the next hundred chores0 E! o" L. [- q3 m+ W) _1 |
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Running through your head?# }$ {) z3 @  [. L

& \! R2 {& p4 U* XYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.
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4 v  D3 H6 k; d" ATime is short.
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3 ?. {3 I! e/ Z+ m. C' ^( Z2 |9 x- aThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,. j( W. B3 ?0 B* g7 q+ ?

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And in your haste,) O' ?' N5 y8 Z
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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5 G. I* {' ?3 u/ iLet a good friendship die0 H: t5 i0 q) n# x9 ^+ L

1 _: H; g+ g- F. J  S7 PCause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.3 K1 i- N% \2 ?4 J/ }4 x
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Time is short./ ?4 i5 V" s9 f: B- T$ c

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When you run so fast to get somewhere. X2 ~+ V5 x4 C, `+ N- h

8 m/ Y' z9 g# l. |You miss half the fun of getting there.
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# t' V6 G' R7 _' W/ u0 rWhen you worry and hurry through your day," P' F2 h/ b. q8 \/ L# |
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It is like an unopened gift....7 L. Q. s2 X; z

# d, Z9 m- {: V2 g" K& `Thrown away.( U9 c. L+ O" `' G2 F7 K
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.& b" |; s, v* G& c# ~: }9 Y& u: t) O
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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6 D/ k2 r0 e/ ]; `6 yPLEASE 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.6 i. |5 H8 j7 o5 }% B4 g! n$ 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.# K& z- X; v  J; C' ]8 i5 M) t
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.6 v; f& y5 q! P+ D, r
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!6 @& x  i$ S, d0 V6 o8 B( R# Z
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.  Q% g: e4 C3 v' Y$ p# Q
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor! [- d% m: k% q. A# ]: |0 b: l
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology# B8 |4 G5 U5 s, ^3 }- J
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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发表于 2006-10-4 10:09 | 显示全部楼层
这诗的大概意思让人们停下匆匆的脚步,好好地体会生命,好好地关爱身边的人。: j1 g. |4 K9 F7 `* I1 @
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这几天赋闲在家,我也想如此,可是每次开车外出,看着车辆稀疏的街道,我心里就感觉特别惶惶。
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发表于 2006-10-4 22:16 | 显示全部楼层
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
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+ D/ K0 l9 U6 _8 J5 j3 {我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。
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 楼主| 发表于 2006-10-5 10:32 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表4 ?6 V) V5 x: J, R: e5 e: v
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
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我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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是啊,心疼就一个字!
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