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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. - p4 V' t5 x& y7 f$ g( `- X( g
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. & ]" D z& J! x+ \5 m( Q
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.( q, z% h0 B; t& C, Y) N
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This 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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5 {. C4 U) F1 M9 iSLOW DANCE
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9 n) a5 `+ A1 M4 ^Have you ever watched kids
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; x4 @0 H6 T: J) |* V+ f2 `: cOn a merry-go-round?+ N1 ?% p$ y2 x5 [$ |5 w% k/ W4 ^
% G" {. @4 K7 g$ [Or listened to the rain0 R. Y5 ^, K0 q- o, h8 ^2 b
) A# p' ]: ]2 m4 {4 zSlapping on the ground?3 c- @& G3 h, d; J3 n3 Q2 H
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?$ e/ N1 t1 {1 D x
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?- r, G" v; [) v" F. a o7 K
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You better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.2 S; v6 \, c% H/ T/ `. p
" F* `6 J8 w7 v% _( I' Z/ Z) AThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day- c. D5 i( ~. Z' s6 i& n1 V- \! [9 E
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When you ask How are you?" J+ s" q) w4 h9 O, _
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Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done9 `' T6 ~. g# p
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Do you lie in your bed) [# x+ `* x9 _7 ?/ P
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With the next hundred chores& w+ W7 X! m$ g! L/ @* \6 `3 g
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down' m2 a7 P) s/ y
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Don't dance so fast.8 Q2 Y4 X7 k; ~+ {$ e9 B3 @# \8 [
* R, C+ Q0 Y' A0 k Q4 QTime is short.
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, X% [7 N5 g9 _9 RThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,) Z4 j9 A2 h8 X6 q9 g) Q
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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: O! F2 a/ Y3 J2 R. nAnd in your haste,
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: x. {) a8 r* QNot see his sorrow?
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( i8 J, B3 b$ d; f! PEver lost touch,, [! _% p: v' c" k1 N+ i
% g% |& C) _, G6 _+ Q7 yLet a good friendship die2 \0 O8 |9 v- D
5 ?1 n& Z$ j1 S& I2 oCause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"
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/ b% Y' {* O3 R8 y8 w& {* JYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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' ^2 {7 i% j( ^0 j! q4 uTime is short.' C; Z) X; x5 k: K" @8 B
; q! d% o" t$ ^: w/ S6 b/ H% bThe music won't last., p q+ T$ c2 n b
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.1 H" }0 t+ B4 ]6 a& ~! M+ ]4 b
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. |' }4 L9 r& `2 l: a& X: [: ~6 w; CIt is like an unopened gift....
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9 F/ s2 l9 Z+ u; bThrown away.8 r# j k" u$ D l+ Z
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Life is not a race.* [8 B/ `' M) f0 t5 a& L# l
# p) h8 ]3 z, c- \4 E; zDo take it slower
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Hear the music0 E4 X- u" e# V8 A/ e
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- J O/ G/ T' L: v) u+ ?8 WFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.; E$ b6 ^+ Q6 f6 u3 |
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Dear All:
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& x3 \: {: v0 B9 vPLEASE 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.
' h8 f3 @$ Y' U. u% p6 a7 l- v7 [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.
% h& L, ^" `$ a& M& OShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
6 x4 j: P# `1 Z2 gBy 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!
3 T$ G$ H% u0 h, p. D" hPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.( l) F6 R' }, N+ O3 I3 t4 @
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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