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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 9 t$ i* T; M; [% k9 ]( D; n! W H
" G) {4 u9 I O2 z) |2 XShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 0 Z# v2 Q6 N% N7 r2 u
) K, j7 u$ h K p: E2 ^2 d* \It is quite the poem. Please pass it on./ o4 T( i1 B+ P s/ ^
, K/ n, L5 F" LThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.9 j) w$ a7 \' n- y+ T8 p
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.' q4 X$ I7 e, S# \/ e
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SLOW DANCE' X) `4 |. I8 F2 P' F' `8 Y! V' {
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Have you ever watched kids
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1 u9 A, _% b7 U% z6 ?On a merry-go-round?5 k$ \& k# ?6 L
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Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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) D, j" g! Q. j" w* p' l" NOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.9 m8 C+ V5 F, d) v- i& W
" `. [! z5 H/ R% y5 O. iThe music won't last.. G5 e; q" ^, I' v
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5 y2 o2 j6 E( E$ R, XDo you run through each day' l6 I3 M4 t2 r9 [5 @
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On the fly?
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When you ask How are you?$ N ]( j6 t8 s2 U+ d9 r5 ?) _
8 }! c% f; _' n4 x- K/ zDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done8 k n+ u, a, ^6 h# T8 r* m, r0 M$ d
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Do you lie in your bed) c% t' \+ f( N8 N3 \5 N
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With the next hundred chores+ B' n+ v4 Z4 O
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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4 C8 C7 e6 J9 EDon't dance so fast./ M) h1 `) ~8 q
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Time is short.+ i8 `2 {) n0 @$ ]7 E' t) j
g, f4 i) k# C4 Y; ]7 D% Y# lThe music won't last.# w6 _: T! H" Z* B) N
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Ever told your child,- T# f! n! Q' L2 m, W/ W# l/ j& Z* |
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We'll do it tomorrow?( ^* S$ L& S; {# U, Z
7 I9 [, Y6 y/ B0 y: T( y3 AAnd in your haste,
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/ @5 |9 Z9 J5 O& D. e& M. bNot see his sorrow?
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5 r' M8 D4 ?" v# n$ }( pEver lost touch, E8 U! f" z/ F9 E7 j! ~
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Let a good friendship die1 m$ G1 i/ _4 q0 `3 h: R
* p% `* ~' q! _0 KCause you never had time
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$ a) I! e- r H6 M' pTo call and say,"Hi"
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* L/ b" Z5 m) HYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.( M& I5 e& b) S
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Time is short.
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' f/ \' ?- @$ w! xThe music won't last.5 A, s+ E- z: p9 D
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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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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$ g+ Q l/ \, L6 K- a3 Y# ]( gThrown away.( x% ]4 T, o1 L: W0 Z, _& R1 k
; K1 ]' `2 S' V' k3 s# v. ]Life is not a race.$ P) V/ p1 p' m" h5 ~
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Do take it slower* |1 L2 r. E* ~4 y
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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Dear All:
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9 k, g# U! G% ^/ pPLEASE 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." g& \& k$ m; `. Q2 ^3 Z
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.9 [7 e; Y' C0 @2 J$ j7 b0 |& O- M0 _
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.' W. B& P: d2 G) n: P
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!
; r9 {9 D; {' y! s2 _+ OPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.& O5 ?" [; T1 J) O
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor f8 ~% r" m O; s4 \& ^
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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Bronx, New York 10461 |
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