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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. & |7 _8 [6 a# E; D6 ^2 F
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. , o' t+ \* q1 P; B
' X7 M& y& X' j8 o7 C% L; z$ XIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.# j. B7 o/ t6 Y7 j
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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.$ P: [+ D8 }* O- G
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! m/ y; ]$ \7 V ~SLOW DANCE
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) _* w& ?7 E, w/ @Have you ever watched kids
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1 D- M1 S6 J8 kOn a merry-go-round?
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/ I' ]$ o. {6 B/ ^; z0 f6 M8 UOr listened to the rain G) i" H+ P6 K+ g# f& m2 a/ Y4 o
/ x4 @# A# c$ ZSlapping on the ground?
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+ O) ]' S2 I& W5 m) m3 ?# s( O' hEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?7 j6 U$ G$ V9 R0 w5 A
* a R4 r5 B; ~; COr gazed at the sun into the fading night?8 M. U( n7 P4 M; [, h$ C
- T* r+ S- c" I3 YYou better slow down.
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8 N8 g. {: N; bDon't dance so fast.8 v) F) n D- b
# o; x8 ^: P# ~8 PTime is short.
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The music won't last.5 Q. q' K: y! C! M2 Z0 y5 N
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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?
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2 Y6 g- B9 @+ e" J, E8 d% y0 FDo you hear the reply?4 q. I! G/ T; m
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When the day is done
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$ k- T+ O' O4 x7 {" {$ [( XDo you lie in your bed% M0 C3 U( s2 r% E" E/ W: U) i
7 q7 v# j9 T ^9 Y5 n) s3 p6 gWith the next hundred chores) u* ~& E8 s4 E( q# _' F' e/ A1 c1 Y: ^
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Running through your head?. a# _3 B' \9 K' R: p
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Don't dance so fast.- e( M3 k4 o" t; h. b7 Z$ V8 y
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Time is short.6 j0 l* L& x- _ ` \
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,( u! q/ C3 u+ } [
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?6 p2 e9 C' \5 r& M \
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Ever lost touch,' H% y9 f4 p8 @1 a
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Let a good friendship die
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You'd better slow down.
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( _ e5 g* t) U5 `- bDon't dance so fast.1 u) O$ y9 z& [. u0 J
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The music won't last.
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* V/ a7 W ~+ o5 \% } {When you run so fast to get somewhere* E: ?* c R8 [% g4 o$ X
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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...., f1 P% j$ P5 i" B# |- i
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Thrown away.
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6 R. f8 f7 p) I1 H7 @0 E2 KLife is not a race.
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Hear the music# c& o1 b/ _0 `% @( Q( o
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Before the song is over.5 s: K1 l! n2 R# A
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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8 R4 x$ }. D5 k# K' {! CPLEASE 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.
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She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
9 q' ~$ F# S4 t5 [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!
( ~3 U6 W/ u3 g. x7 z2 k2 M9 u& HPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.. q! x" L* L6 g
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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