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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
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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  ( d! u; R; s. V4 V
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It 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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6 K9 x# M1 C: I* u! C- Y5 d+ r: ?It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.2 d" b: [' {5 Y& q
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& E% q0 j6 p, b( L8 |# pSLOW DANCE
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0 ^( b/ t. h# R# V9 H# nHave you ever watched kids3 y* y9 s9 M9 S1 B' S! i
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On a merry-go-round?0 p2 p4 Z( [9 p! |) \

) E/ `  M4 |! A; J% MOr listened to the rain7 n! a& A! I& \7 Z0 q2 j! \

0 B  F9 R2 _; h8 G* ySlapping on the ground?6 v9 W; _0 [9 b+ t& t
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?1 \  V/ ^0 p$ S" G
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?% O; |4 ~3 r  p# e
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You better slow down.
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$ `7 c! h# U2 a3 \- PDon't dance so fast.; Y/ @# y. `# d) q
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Time is short.4 Y6 O  v, z2 r$ b: J. Y, Y( H
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The music won't last.
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# Q/ _8 ]5 B: ~! B9 xDo you run through each day
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8 Q/ I/ d. o6 \" jOn the fly?& ~5 x$ z2 f- _& ]

8 J: |1 b9 ~/ nWhen you ask How are you?& {- M! f4 m3 s, w" S7 G
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Do you hear the reply?6 K  g' e0 g7 q( m/ i7 I
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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3 Y6 ~8 b4 T- Q; t, i# }With the next hundred chores2 r7 S/ o8 ^  A% ]% }
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Running through your head?% P! `1 b* F5 W+ }* G3 O4 v, a
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.* }9 X+ n: {7 P+ A1 S

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3 e5 K& ~% h0 |. x# g5 z  lThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,9 K! d! k( A; N( q0 a

# X, L' {1 W  a% ]2 j: o2 pWe'll do it tomorrow?/ M5 J, G" ?9 b/ m7 }
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And in your haste,2 [% q- U9 E# _

$ U. v' |, C3 Y7 y5 a! TNot see his sorrow?
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! O& h) V) P. @# g7 ~' N8 `Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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1 D/ I8 I) i3 m& g( v$ _Cause you never had time; A& H: Q0 Z3 f; z1 O- f
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To call and say,"Hi"
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& k! U8 M% [0 F. Q5 ?, X" EYou'd better slow down.+ J9 R. Q7 r/ D) [8 o
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Don't dance so fast.9 u  @% C0 n" G, p) o5 q9 ~7 i, T

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The music won't last.( K9 o! }9 l3 ]7 w6 [1 O

( e- ~: a/ P" X  j$ B! m# ^When you run so fast to get somewhere
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( w$ [9 g# o# y6 z( `1 R" |You miss half the fun of getting there.
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. Z. C  E0 q1 g% ~/ OWhen you worry and hurry through your day," u$ q, w2 K6 f% ~. S6 w
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It is like an unopened gift....
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; B9 B, G1 D" s' z+ `Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.$ g5 Z: }+ o' O  F3 A
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Do take it slower
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# h8 a2 _7 H  v; y) rHear the music
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& p1 w* L; |6 n, j( lBefore the song is over.5 p3 R/ X/ X6 n, c) v

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/ {$ n/ v/ l4 o# W) oFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:& _0 K% f. x9 Q2 w1 w1 @

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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 V4 _" l% J- R' _! N: q$ }
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.
  n! q6 V+ F! g2 {5 g: T- vShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
: i9 r6 ^+ r  A/ ]$ M" L" |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!- F4 @4 B  j. r5 q0 @# Z, q+ i, l/ ]% l2 ?
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.& l7 W  C& E9 }% m3 O3 I
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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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。  b5 m$ b, D$ N, ~  G- 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。4 D. g' a2 f* M( P9 H
好好爱着好好活着......7 d; [1 x  f( [1 A  L0 O3 z6 T4 N

' i7 ?7 O% s7 \: G& a5 J' S: F; a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
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表% x  S) A! G% Z5 B6 x
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
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8 N# Q) P1 T' W( L& p: r我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。
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9 V, S1 t" |# n- B! C是啊,心疼就一个字!
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