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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. # v, p8 \% x( V# s
2 r X6 u) @' a. @; ?( E3 w) m EShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 9 Y2 c* l+ T3 h1 ~( l+ ?
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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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. v9 b' k6 C$ ?% o/ g% j& j$ mIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.& ] x& }5 o" i. |2 { h' |
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?( E- P- U% {- N' M# k7 a. y
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Or listened to the rain5 d0 w/ Z" Y. T4 M
5 U$ \9 J, W( \. K6 |# _! KSlapping on the ground?" n; _! A+ W+ a
5 U6 H0 |6 p6 N1 {$ sEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?) c1 x. E) b; Z- P) \' ~5 w
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?4 b# r4 T* d4 R# i" L1 N
: X; W' k% d# m" \+ AYou better slow down.
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7 ?; F2 g( ~3 d# s2 @- v2 JDon't dance so fast.2 L" ?. X! T! U4 d
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Time is short.1 [! U* g) E$ M1 @% ~ |7 P" s' z
5 z( `1 L( ~* h# z5 wThe music won't last.
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+ Y& u7 c) `$ p* ADo you run through each day
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7 G+ N7 J3 X! L6 zOn the fly? \2 L s4 N* b) Y( m6 A4 A6 {
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When you ask How are you?" y6 u0 A& C" x3 j* [
8 J1 B8 f3 C! O1 ]Do you hear the reply?
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: o4 u2 r+ g! p6 E0 IWhen the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores z V: f0 o6 {$ q0 n9 y, c+ f
* c' Y; ?( U K) I" ^4 I& L- b8 A7 wRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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! D) Y7 J3 q' r4 c& D! TDon't dance so fast.
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# k4 a7 c2 Q6 n! CThe music won't last.' D+ v. w, @# l; t
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,9 E; Y, c2 ~) j! F" w0 W
; b4 T" A+ h' h2 kNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,5 o" P. D$ j* l7 S/ z) r
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Let a good friendship die
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, l7 @+ s3 x# @, V1 oCause you never had time2 O$ f$ g7 u5 i7 g9 k5 {- ?
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You'd better slow down." ? r: E7 J1 P2 M6 Z9 v+ x% ^
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Don't dance so fast.' B9 N& c( X% ~, I3 s8 n- V
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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/ h! p/ Q [- X, ?, m0 LWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.8 f3 E1 m! @$ s# ~) X- G6 v
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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% @% S" u. t3 Q) _( F( F. QIt is like an unopened gift....5 u% W8 E, r- y O# x0 g
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower5 \; j$ z! O$ m# J1 V
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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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( O; I: C' p9 L6 s( ^Dear All:
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|7 o$ I$ H2 _, KPLEASE 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.
3 h. G z. ~% J s4 q$ k0 k8 V4 k' s/ `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.
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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/ q5 h# m# c/ L2 k6 a" TPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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1300 Morris Park Avenue: c; ? W7 f- m9 z6 I% O
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