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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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' r3 S1 E5 X: g- C% e% KShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 7 R8 c4 u& h6 \7 l# Z, u
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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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$ W; E1 I5 F* [0 [3 L, y8 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
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1 r+ y: g; G& V' \- g3 J8 r; fHave you ever watched kids# p6 }+ @6 y: ?& x* U
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On a merry-go-round?. V7 b, |3 k! h/ |
& K4 T+ z6 |9 r2 Z5 L& KOr listened to the rain
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- `! F# v" }# R$ H* u* tSlapping on the ground?8 J/ M* ~. M6 p& T( K3 u1 R
: G! X1 g# i$ T m( }Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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2 ^. R2 F! _4 P! c" }Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.
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5 x% I8 ~0 f, \8 B9 ]# R. gDon't dance so fast.3 H& j" U! V5 t3 m& f
7 [5 C3 r4 n( [# G: @0 T' ]' CTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day4 ]! U. F6 ?$ I# i/ J
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On the fly?
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6 ]8 v7 u# c7 d, J: ^* jWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?- Z* W [& G/ {. F
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed- u5 J! p3 {( j- t {. q
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With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?# M }8 ?( h* V* |" d% `
- j9 R: L8 ~8 b. yYou'd better slow down4 S+ _& h9 \4 J0 j6 T
/ m" V: ~/ n7 t* z4 {Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.+ F9 g4 Z! l& ~2 u4 ?/ Z5 |% `& f
; ^) y# y) g2 E3 DThe music won't last.- [ Q! n$ M7 @9 S/ k3 K
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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A0 y+ C0 H/ r3 x# T/ ?And in your haste,' D8 l0 I5 g9 t, [/ d: b
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Not see his sorrow?4 q. X6 B+ d) w' } [6 w- s
# t( d* P, V) d0 t* m7 a0 uEver lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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: H9 b7 ~8 {# y( R, |Cause you never had time
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( B D ?0 M* P. ], @1 Y5 eYou'd better slow down.
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; f3 @, p7 y: q5 X7 Z. W6 sDon't dance so fast.
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( N* p/ s' k7 y# k. \Time is short.
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The music won't last.3 ]8 z' r7 l) a4 T* E5 S. O
' {2 w4 H8 [2 D' V: `) jWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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5 R0 E5 Z. b( t, w$ HWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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, X. @4 l4 m# ]8 ~ hIt is like an unopened gift....
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7 b4 P* a, g O( |Thrown away.
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. ]6 t0 ~& S& k2 [ G0 p) ~Life is not a race.* F9 N# k& B7 W) P: c) k
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Do take it slower
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Hear the music# v/ t% @- `3 _5 E
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Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.! \5 j$ X) F4 a7 f8 u/ M0 G6 g
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% J) R' U) @0 ]- }7 [/ kDear All:
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4 |9 w- v; ?6 wPLEASE 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.) P5 o5 ]+ h7 b( B
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!9 w# P0 N; T d: G' _* \
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.; }& m$ ]# u1 Z' ^: }
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5 Y' t% p5 J/ @: D5 y, V5 rDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
2 Q& M$ f Z- j$ a9 ODepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology1 d1 Y! a5 r- K
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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