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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 5 w% c. p; [. i, P4 t
4 o( s7 I O5 D$ B- U x1 x6 PShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 6 a% B" N2 c( X# ]% t5 m
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.8 C% q: ^8 L$ i$ G" O, W) J
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.# ^- F8 M& l0 {: x; \: K! P
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.! d3 Y0 [" v3 D, V4 m; z
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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids6 ?4 G" d' y! y G* ?+ _
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain7 |0 [9 b1 Y4 R7 g" N- z; U
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Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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: U' l1 m% n2 O( }! s3 q9 OOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?1 f T: E3 ~- n6 R
0 l% J# E/ r2 j) P3 M. `: XYou better slow down.( | K( ?3 r' v' X: D
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Don't dance so fast.+ C1 e6 L: x. y) W6 g- s* D
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Time is short.5 j' j1 V5 K& I3 [9 H- A* W' ~( K
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The music won't last., {* g; K, ~( ^8 C
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Do you run through each day: o9 o( N8 v( F6 i. z: j) L, c! ~
z9 {5 g- w( }# E& J& l Z9 VOn the fly?8 C/ r9 f: X3 ^% }, |# O
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When you ask How are you?" u7 T1 e5 B) _" w
: X' F' E9 b' {+ K' ZDo you hear the reply?
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# n' G: i: F3 z* `When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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( `$ K2 V& r) D! EWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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& |; s! M( P, I$ X, ^/ h( oYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.
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/ \9 K$ a0 ^- x# ITime is short.$ X6 Q8 d0 _: L s% z( `9 K
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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" G: |6 l' k) h8 X, VAnd in your haste,
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0 F0 q$ O8 S5 \. x$ e0 vNot see his sorrow?$ |* Z* `7 z2 x5 ?4 x i. q
) t# b: k% S4 o& ^0 q# YEver lost touch,, @1 A" l- {: z+ v
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Let a good friendship die# q* M0 J8 A5 h! W
- s" W7 y' o1 y3 eCause you never had time/ A# v7 L2 c0 N: I) L: T; W
5 {, }* O' Z" I+ d9 {9 \/ UTo call and say,"Hi"0 D/ I. s' S# y: K+ h+ K8 Q' R
" k3 s7 T1 U* N t6 vYou'd better slow down.
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b9 c; o z( J+ cDon't dance so fast.- r) j8 x; ^9 e, p
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Time is short.
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4 P: l f$ s; c. M, \+ VWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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. t0 n& u. C [When you worry and hurry through your day,
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0 J( C2 W9 K9 j: K3 r0 y hIt is like an unopened gift....2 o* @9 o8 g# U
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Life is not a race.
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" S7 F" U( h6 O/ }Do take it slower
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- ?- @! ?0 I$ h ]) THear 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.0 k- }/ L% T" R& T! L' G
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Dear All:
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3 O/ k. x, H+ e7 J! ^6 x+ t* ?PLEASE 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.; x6 y3 J' e! t$ g* U& O% u6 r& 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.; V" H. N+ p+ T9 f
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
( A) ]& e- ^% hBy 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!0 M% F9 u, ]" l5 ^! i7 V
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.' q- m: u# m7 s
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8 ^& M+ L; J, z: ^5 YDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
/ {0 ?! P& M8 S+ Z A! mDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology4 x' R; B. s: o- f( q4 @+ d! k
1300 Morris Park Avenue! k6 f: h) J$ r9 j1 v% q3 J
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