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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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8 O( t! {) Z: n0 y2 b2 N8 eShe wants to see how many people get her poem.
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, F7 W: h9 \, N7 T( D( TIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.5 K' X7 T' u/ x
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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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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids* u9 I* n0 |" p! ~
! q4 d" X5 \: wOn a merry-go-round?
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$ j5 S; b# ~* T, Z# g# X4 uOr listened to the rain5 N2 s* W! H& f+ `+ K4 v
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Slapping on the ground?
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, L1 b2 D/ S) `% XEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?& K5 Z8 }' V! C1 @; z
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?7 x& J3 s1 L9 Z3 ]
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You better slow down.4 \# K2 i" I2 C- T3 D
6 h+ t* F; Z! G0 N1 j5 a5 c, Q0 EDon't dance so fast." N9 F1 f/ N. P% v
! G9 d$ C' h( ATime is short.* ~/ I0 m1 P/ l
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The music won't last.1 M1 w; l$ B G4 S/ z) R; @7 G1 r
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Do you run through each day
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+ r) E4 y: f6 ^6 [1 ?* _- N/ hOn the fly?! e) c4 D7 b; E k+ O
b! q2 v+ @8 _ t3 x ~2 rWhen you ask How are you?
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3 j! q* R1 `) S( }Do you hear the reply?) A5 n* ~' S T3 Z. k% I
1 O+ G0 S, W- ^1 U1 M0 [When the day is done
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) w( }. X# y7 wDo 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* h2 b* q4 N: D. K
' d$ Z7 V y" s! Y8 s/ t4 t: n1 S7 BDon't dance so fast.
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, ^% x( W( |3 z, S7 `Time is short.
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The music won't last.7 ?8 H0 o" X, @
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% b: P& y2 j( B* ]- pEver told your child,
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" C6 `( i$ r# Y5 i! d5 fWe'll do it tomorrow?0 ]$ j! `& ~0 Y+ b" N3 \
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And in your haste,
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* m5 E& ]1 b7 S( ~3 K C# \Not see his sorrow?
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2 J1 p( \5 X7 a8 F* N1 J9 {3 k4 hEver lost touch,: D* \0 T4 s; s5 _4 ^2 t9 h9 j
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time
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$ R- Z& d! |- q; y1 b) XYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.0 [ Q) ]/ q: `, }
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Time is short.# U0 R$ h- V1 H$ \7 i* c
/ X/ z$ W; E N' j- S; bThe music won't last. W) H% F. Q! v
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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& I/ b5 U! f0 N: o% oYou 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....$ X, r( B+ P5 P. L
$ w* A9 m. V- KThrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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' L5 E. _" f) z9 h8 N& q3 VDo take it slower# {/ h) C1 A5 n* n N8 l, G
/ [) ~- i3 W2 R) k# Y4 N( i7 EHear the music, d5 C9 l! x `( _! w" l
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Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:) s O. j7 Q2 q" \9 |( z7 g
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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.1 _" G/ [% x) A g3 ]1 [
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.
# {" j9 M8 {7 I( JShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own. H% B* c8 A0 A! D0 F4 B3 V
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! @2 J8 Q7 _- k0 ~2 ~
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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# e( v' t5 i" V5 q4 xDr. Dennis Shields, Professor0 H8 }5 `" v: l
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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