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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
This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  
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" G5 ~; X# P2 IShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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) ]4 i. D$ @0 e; R( sIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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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./ s  d" T4 B4 r6 l. k

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SLOW DANCE
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7 Q+ V0 u/ j8 zHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?" B  T( ~: ]* A$ V

3 [, C' v' n: D, E9 U2 R) o- iOr listened to the rain
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1 Z! L5 }& t2 {9 |Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?# b! U* Z" Y+ m& x! G' T

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( `# f( j- Z  a; mYou better slow down.% m" G$ n' V2 {# P6 R% s! |
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Don't dance so fast.; m$ v, y! _; {! {2 e, b
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day  _' E5 b& T3 t: q& t$ B' R
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On the fly?( |6 M; c% F# T* O, q& E

4 J) \3 D$ v- V# S3 Q6 OWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?9 }& E+ [6 e! w& f+ T0 [  ^

$ u! r. m, [- Q5 Y6 Y) q- F$ NWhen the day is done
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$ U7 t# W& C0 ?8 Q' @& GDo you lie in your bed
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0 _$ a% C# S. \With the next hundred chores
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$ k- y, d0 p" {Running through your head?$ _# ?. A2 ]9 H

" s( {; U0 D9 c+ @You'd better slow down" m2 f% h" ?: Z0 d3 b. R

7 t9 T: I1 M+ }0 ^# qDon't dance so fast.
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% l3 r9 o2 ~" Y- [Time is short.; O' ~2 Q& |) {; e1 \& C
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The music won't last.. X7 s6 _4 O3 ~, g

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8 j1 @+ _% E" N/ ^( v. E+ pEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?. o1 L! D# o: ~) H8 n8 u+ y
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And in your haste,8 m0 X) M& W6 l0 m6 s  _

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Ever lost touch,
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8 n( o( ]; b/ b. XLet a good friendship die
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3 d! s/ _% O! O) F6 [You'd better slow down.
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Time is short.( N5 `# j9 O! G& c5 {2 h7 j
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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# @7 i: ]' T1 AYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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It is like an unopened gift....* ]! {' }6 O/ {+ q& M
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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! |$ M" H3 @1 h8 U8 OHear the music% n( p3 n' A: @3 E  R
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Before the song is over.
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: g" U8 ~3 J5 E1 \FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.! c5 o! d0 P* O( Q9 P; p
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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.
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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 x/ k& ]" }  E) Z, X, tBy 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!
, P0 z& Z2 q% t/ B! oPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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- {5 V' L, r  {  i( Z- O, I& ODr. Dennis Shields, Professor- V6 ]' n+ o. O, J9 q$ o
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology( @: h$ K2 g% }
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Bronx, New York 10461
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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。2 |0 L" `# U# L" z1 V. C9 P1 ?) v
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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。( k' I, L7 m7 I/ n3 A! M; W9 E1 d" q
好好爱着好好活着......
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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
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表0 u0 O. }1 ]' T: N; U
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。# V- H8 ~$ `* G6 o' F, y# t3 f6 u
好好爱着好好活着......
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( A3 D, i+ b, q3 R$ r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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