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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. - K8 W O* h4 J7 M2 ]4 q% \
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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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* R1 T* ?" z$ K* x, J4 }' g+ RIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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& x- @ T) i' S: [" tSLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids6 ~8 x- P* Z. g( I
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On a merry-go-round?( e" x, v$ T' `6 C
4 @# w) g5 R# G1 Q) m1 ]2 eOr listened to the rain M( c- c, J0 c+ G* d" V( V$ G+ |
7 J! K) `) N3 YSlapping on the ground?3 N( H s2 ? [
. c) Y) r0 v/ v) T% j' OEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?. w/ X' Y8 M2 y1 u
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?* _9 K* w x1 t, ]
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You better slow down.
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- U( Q4 Q: @2 N' q3 W( @8 kDon't dance so fast." B6 S' T8 u4 _) ^, y- _
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.: r, e, c, i1 e. S
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/ } l* T$ e; J. z3 y% }- FDo 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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Do you hear the reply?! E. r0 ]/ I3 t# C, j
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed* F3 f! {, K, J* j) ^) B1 y; u
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With the next hundred chores! Z( I. b6 g( [8 n7 t4 V' z/ O
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Running through your head?& e. p: h9 Y1 A4 Q/ N" L
1 z+ y) E) a% G4 P! {, d _You'd better slow down
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+ u! {: X, U" HDon't dance so fast.- d+ `' K9 D* G% B
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.$ c Z( G$ X. H) r2 u8 x& _
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4 \# j8 A( F/ b* p2 f3 kEver told your child,/ D' K: U. O! \4 A4 @/ m& @+ b
* S+ p9 G0 ?+ AWe'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,
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1 B8 Z1 |; ]3 d9 V8 a4 GNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die/ f8 v; l: f. m4 P
4 @' Z* S! c( u# e0 \5 pCause you never had time
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; S7 z0 g2 d; V9 i" v' o! X( aYou'd better slow down.
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.0 g4 `0 T0 E" t k
' t* c' A( @4 Y& H" HWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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( f$ I! d% Q) z, z7 h" ~You miss half the fun of getting there.4 o9 `) I1 ~0 U: R; I: z) Y, G" I
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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, L- `2 b0 ] q- DIt is like an unopened gift....6 Y* d) Z( K6 ^% A" P ?$ d9 M6 V% t. e
Y" @0 r/ z0 [8 i3 L/ H6 QThrown away.! Z) y8 V; B8 {0 R1 \ t- W
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Life is not a race.
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Before the song is over.: n& u- p9 p' y) v
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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3 Q, T: {1 d4 u5 @) i O: B0 @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.# r% k" r3 c4 h# P) l& q r
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.
x" s, N" N9 E& [( U* D" f3 uShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
4 ^7 ], {! J+ H/ _( `% s& ?4 A9 R* c, sBy 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!% b, Q( s- N, P1 b
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor# A! G- r! l( m
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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