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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.  : |8 l, q; K) i. s6 u

) y, Y  s0 x+ [+ ?$ k# y2 zIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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' T# N3 u# R1 p8 s9 O7 q3 ]' c5 oThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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, ]+ _! s, u/ C7 I3 c* G3 \  nIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.( h2 B$ |1 ?$ U

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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids
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  S0 G- m: a9 m5 YOr listened to the rain  e8 U* [  |; K* T; g+ u  y
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Slapping on the ground?4 o2 h# U' e8 C  K

* t% X) Z( w/ U, B$ e9 oEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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6 h1 q8 |% \' z/ _( b' A) KYou better slow down.
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( V# ]! C& n. T' D0 XDon't dance so fast.
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6 M# N: v) C+ U/ g( bTime is short.1 M/ r5 W1 ?. P" ^' ^
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The music won't last.% \. T, R- {# J2 d  G

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/ m1 g$ e6 Q% S% R8 x, SDo you run through each day
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9 D1 }+ r2 g3 ~& |' w: S2 ^On the fly?
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When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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9 T0 K! B2 ~( x  ]/ Q8 i9 EDo you lie in your bed
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- L0 ?9 J2 G  w: x5 C& Z2 d9 nWith the next hundred chores1 b* W0 ^* J0 a) j& p

0 V1 h4 t9 j; i! q6 t% pRunning through your head?+ @4 ~3 E. N; E% D4 U7 v7 D& V0 ~
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You'd better slow down' w+ k% T$ E% u7 ^2 r
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Don't dance so fast.* P' J0 n* _4 q1 v7 X) R

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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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( [6 o/ ^$ s" gAnd in your haste,. t& O0 ~' m! w$ [- a. E( h( E2 |& |5 w6 L

: w* c4 u8 L; Z( A* dNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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! I' }: i1 B0 ^! o) u* h9 `- JLet a good friendship die0 a( J- K5 J! \$ |
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Cause you never had time( x; x4 Q% p, c
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To call and say,"Hi"
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0 i8 q$ ^- e" n, EYou'd better slow down.
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" ^* r4 I  f' o! z( aDon't dance so fast.% K' s" s* f: O% T! t
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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& M: G5 {# b9 S( `It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.- ~6 U2 z) \* w

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" X: [% Z- D5 U1 ^( ?( U- KBefore the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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  ^! |# b  w8 `, l, `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.
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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.5 R" r% H5 j5 O
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!! _$ ]% i: {6 G% r2 ?
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.1 C' Y4 B; Z! W8 ?  E) u
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor, }6 c- @! j% A: D3 m$ z
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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。* ]* F# U! d8 K7 F4 Y8 x

! ?8 r* [6 H8 I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。! d* h- v" @/ c* T, 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
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表
! K( T  Q' O# [; t6 b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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4 K! [6 {, x& w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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