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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. % M; f4 F6 g! ^
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.! ^4 Y* f( T3 U" c
7 s8 a M9 A$ ]- AThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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3 y! C6 z( k5 V9 P4 ]+ pSLOW DANCE `$ D" c, N; e) Y5 L$ @8 ?
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Have you ever watched kids& P r+ W, m: J6 H/ p
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On a merry-go-round?- {; Q: K* M C/ c' y& P) o* Z
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Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?8 P6 _2 ~5 I' A9 v6 Q
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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@, R' ~: ^4 y8 ^8 Z; u- ~! dOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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) v+ i( B2 h) Q& u4 c \You better slow down.5 G4 D2 s$ {" r3 y/ B9 `
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Don't dance so fast.
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0 b5 M7 T" q6 }9 P }8 fTime is short.
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+ n! P# p8 f/ R3 N3 s {The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?# n' J' ]0 d; A) W5 S3 J6 W( q& E
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When you ask How are you?( L% ^2 t0 \& Z' i, r: j* @
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Do you hear the reply?4 A1 ?$ y ]. P2 y A+ b! {
' q: H) e( F1 L& xWhen the day is done
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/ |- D; ^7 L' j- a( c3 p% QDo you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores
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+ K9 E$ z/ a K7 O! ]Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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; f3 w z; a$ W7 }1 N) ODon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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/ X2 r2 D7 |4 V$ L2 H, dEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?" |6 Q; L/ M9 q( w
9 K$ m$ T; t, D& mAnd in your haste,$ p0 D3 m0 o$ \5 `
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Not see his sorrow?
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" v, ^# Z! U# XEver lost touch,: e8 v+ f% U( I0 g9 {
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Let a good friendship die
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To call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.! t. x( i6 z+ `! p8 R
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Don't dance so fast.
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; `8 |& l; n% E, g; S7 XThe music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,6 g* b5 }0 b' E
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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7 i- E# P* ?: p0 ?Dear All:
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4 |& x5 j( C8 \0 f2 z; j) zPLEASE 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.0 ?* g1 d9 e& ` M) t' v9 k. D" P
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.
* E, B7 P6 y4 L. o0 ~7 c6 K& n' c$ [She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
( t) L& j5 ^3 R* D1 _& VBy 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!
4 ?) B5 q0 S' PPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.3 X2 V4 X# `5 F: X9 P" E3 }1 U
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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1300 Morris Park Avenue
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