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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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( K# y- E o3 Z2 _: g6 FShe 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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3 \: \2 J# [) M5 C2 Z& dThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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+ N2 j; r# p3 `6 XIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.+ P/ ]# m) G% x8 M& a0 h1 @
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2 s* e( u w" S. C. \* Y4 i& X. S% xSLOW DANCE: \$ ?. S+ E/ z& c( u' z; [' h9 `
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: U( N7 Z6 U5 b1 PHave you ever watched kids4 B' ?1 a4 w+ Z% t# n
" I8 d4 ~3 c/ |, iOn a merry-go-round?, E6 E, k! o/ Q1 N3 ?9 @
7 p) z; N9 o* QOr 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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3 t/ [2 O7 k; W# FOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?! r. q. Q! [9 L% {* T9 D- T
7 Q0 I& L, k% M# CYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.) K$ R2 J( W) f# Q* @' h+ _6 P
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Time is short.$ n% _: H% q, b- u! ?/ h$ D
' H/ R2 n- P; c5 q4 rThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day1 u) l; u, J8 j. k% {
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On the fly?1 q6 b( O c0 ]# j" z6 g
- ?6 v0 v' I. [* ^0 lWhen you ask How are you?6 S4 M3 \# K+ S% N" N6 c1 q
! ?- U/ [% J, `$ {$ g8 b+ D% oDo you hear the reply?+ R- m6 s2 R% Z! |4 I3 H+ J
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed9 S7 T. k! w! w1 e) T$ u2 _
# o# D( |0 c4 U5 @4 g: Q* H; ?With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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# C, h- \6 q3 }) v2 g( `$ L8 bYou'd better slow down6 b3 [( s+ o0 K0 e
. t6 ]$ H* p6 @( Y8 N; ^Don't dance so fast.+ D$ }7 x) G- l' W" a9 M$ z
$ b7 C3 o- [& Q- N# [Time is short.$ s/ [1 o# a5 X$ e) v6 N4 z
+ w% U7 b, n9 c9 E4 }7 q4 ~) XThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child," Q- V3 o9 A- @" i8 y
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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1 X( \! e( I& G2 g4 xAnd in your haste,0 L* ~8 }6 u: ^* S
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Not see his sorrow?
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: B, n3 C2 W& ~$ w) lEver lost touch,
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8 J0 e; H1 S, c0 m# \Let a good friendship die' ?" }2 p7 j" b. B
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Cause you never had time8 ]' h9 o, ~% i h3 _& E; y: a2 {
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To call and say,"Hi"' H# H9 L/ d5 ^* U3 a3 h
7 f9 X# h9 G+ u) ?; VYou'd better slow down.
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' d" z6 O& L1 Q" \5 d# z7 b0 QDon't dance so fast.. C) v4 r! _3 C6 r1 b
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Time is short.
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' ^2 M# b9 Z- e7 G! T2 aThe music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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* U7 I. n! d7 j' ~2 @' _1 Q2 O4 _4 F4 GYou miss half the fun of getting there.2 S6 F9 O* Z1 q) k# T
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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/ @8 }$ o' W' Y& UIt is like an unopened gift....7 u2 b0 A. B1 e
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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8 P& _6 }- O: M i1 Q/ |! ADo take it slower w N ]) C. S' `! B W' P$ T% i4 l
/ o" i4 m! K: O1 q) \: e0 ^. _Hear the music
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8 W5 Z% \1 L9 yBefore the song is over./ t% z- Y ]% s( {
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T4 n: r5 d3 H+ b& XFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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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.
& i9 \) x9 k2 c4 I5 x0 QThis 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.; Z& u* D& t' H8 R5 x' b' k
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
; a- \/ A% \5 R \2 ~0 k$ E4 y* `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!% \$ G0 u: t! C) L, r, W F& ]8 z
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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5 _8 w) w7 \1 X% @9 PDr. Dennis Shields, Professor, h, a" C& Z) f; s
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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