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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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6 L( b A2 [9 L' B% b+ g* q6 IShe wants to see how many people get her poem. " T& ~' x6 A+ y2 T' A0 ~) {
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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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H3 u) M3 h/ T) I0 t' X! A: nIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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SLOW DANCE& p9 Q0 C6 X% Y; n( y6 _
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3 ~. ^9 P$ l9 E; q) S8 K/ R+ s3 ZHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?* @% L; ?5 @1 G4 g$ X* y; _, g$ a
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You better slow down.
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9 V8 ], F5 K; N1 P8 W2 hDon't dance so fast.
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9 P" M. m3 ~$ m! _& d" KTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day8 C* n4 b0 @, z; E3 w- _! j
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When you ask How are you?( u5 W1 W$ A% G1 U' A' j7 H
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Do you hear the reply?1 G! ~: w/ z1 E" C2 d+ K, v
6 ~: u( Y6 A/ Q1 a$ ZWhen the day is done
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( Q6 j X5 W) P: ?Do you lie in your bed9 p v. c( u3 j8 m
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With the next hundred chores4 v, b8 F8 Q3 L
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down1 I0 _6 ]1 n: F6 C
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.4 s4 ]9 J4 A; y( h5 D( Q9 h/ F
5 I7 w7 x# U% v9 @; V. [3 {The music won't last./ B$ R# H b* k U
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* [& {- E9 @+ H3 s0 N: ?* u9 r, T- QEver told your child,4 T4 s, { ?# r n# [# z, t
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And in your haste,3 {7 R" R/ t' F0 @2 [1 i
f; h5 l5 E8 Y) i: s4 MNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch, \, j) L2 ]- B1 y
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Don't dance so fast.1 z4 w% w0 G- S4 P* A
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8 P8 C7 Z* p: @You miss half the fun of getting there.
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It is like an unopened gift....
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4 A( q7 p& h6 Y; t. C0 _Thrown away.
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' |$ A" K, @4 q1 n0 ZHear the music' l' D, f, N& J2 M* z) U* [2 y
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! l( f6 J: C" UFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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; F, @. H. Q& f/ aDear 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.
- J1 [4 U" A" nBy 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!$ ]$ V9 k) w1 w: D7 s5 M8 G
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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2 M5 P' _, h$ q) YDr. Dennis Shields, Professor7 \. _* a, G5 i6 b7 j& ^
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology: G; X2 g7 t2 r1 K% W3 w* g
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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