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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 0 i' v# b+ I8 h2 B
. x h7 Z$ w" mShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 9 w4 e! p' Q% \+ }/ h
+ {: b6 l I9 s: U+ t2 gIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
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2 R; C' t Y3 l# i$ `This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.! \: q8 w0 I$ A! ~8 Q$ V+ i
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.8 |: f7 Y. U! H2 Z- L- U1 R# q
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X" N9 j7 o( }4 I4 }, qHave you ever watched kids7 i% S1 V+ |! ~
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On a merry-go-round?! \* a+ h: z4 t
5 }0 R, J d2 h: B. @$ c# sOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?- j9 e: a7 r- w
: M' [% E; \: ~! QEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?3 Z# ]) O }; Y& _
$ w3 E9 a2 L7 Y' f& u5 EYou better slow down.: g! m) P. k) C2 b
/ I' I3 f/ X" ^5 U1 J3 c4 fDon't dance so fast.
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( ^6 s4 z, S" k+ m" uTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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: [. S+ J8 T. t! F. }+ Z$ mDo you run through each day
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On the fly?
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9 c5 t" r' D0 ]* p: e' LWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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2 l1 Q3 L! O9 G& EWhen the day is done
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: }1 e' K0 ]# O5 j) u% e( jDo you lie in your bed+ q- q( H H3 X
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With the next hundred chores+ {. A7 M4 b1 x( b$ Z# j
( D7 g' R( G3 K8 U$ C" k; E5 }+ YRunning through your head?- ?& ]( t4 G: s' Q
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You'd better slow down
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7 N( V0 v% t& w; \" r2 S6 X/ kDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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4 C! A$ `7 W7 ]9 t2 M$ jThe music won't last.) } t3 {/ \* J J6 {
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Ever told your child,2 m! ? ]* d! R5 i" Y3 z0 I
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We'll do it tomorrow?* S, L$ `+ U: p+ Q
* j' [, f+ i: O0 y3 Y+ [And in your haste,. [5 m5 Z* t g2 ~. a
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,2 G! I, O" i: T7 o
7 w3 z D$ p$ f0 f( S7 v* CLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi", Q, B! V# n) M
$ `* m* H! A4 lYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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: V6 s8 b/ @# ^& W1 P9 ?. PThe music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere! X0 [4 j, i/ r( [
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You miss half the fun of getting there.; E/ D) Y) t+ z A: u8 X& j0 b# Z& k+ \/ B
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.8 x, D' Q$ z/ J+ \4 y( I
5 \1 G ?6 R8 ?1 r7 s( o, TLife is not a race.
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# q& Q& s2 x! ]) G0 O1 e8 P+ o* u \9 fDo take it slower t: A$ J" t, e g& B7 u- a/ j
5 ^9 s3 B- _9 k A- {- c0 M; \Hear the music, N/ n5 M; ?$ u( Y, _- m$ y
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Before the song is over.
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- p, Q$ n. s$ h8 T6 N7 L3 E. ]FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.' y0 r5 D# _9 A8 Q
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Dear All:4 u0 W0 G8 j# n( `$ b6 L# O3 D
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7 D/ T( a& K" A/ ^: H/ k0 NPLEASE 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.7 Q& b( [( P$ m+ L; v: D
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.
' Y/ }, a. @: g& Q7 X& B( L2 tShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.- q2 ^5 f" B& {4 r' D7 _; ^& n
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!, M- j4 x4 [. U# N
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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* d' p5 [) y7 Z3 Q9 ?/ g$ UDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
P, h- K5 w g6 X/ zDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology S2 \0 Q6 d; M7 x; r) @% z! g: K
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