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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 9 i8 V9 A. T- K4 |$ J( M
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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.
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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. `& l g/ G* F* _It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.! T0 P8 p+ v+ J
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SLOW DANCE
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& s* Q$ |- T0 w; C5 D+ fHave you ever watched kids9 l$ D6 t2 G- M6 n8 A) q
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On a merry-go-round?
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) E' b9 g" t: R) Y7 ?Or listened to the rain4 |" D% W6 w, M: S4 O* u% o2 P
7 D6 M2 Z0 C1 z3 D; C9 ?Slapping on the ground?" R& {( L4 L' d& G/ E$ m6 D. D
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?- e' o o9 T- E. Y
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You better slow down.3 q$ Y( u2 \4 N g- D* r
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.8 e- T/ W! ]9 H
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The music won't last.
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; H/ n b' P* Z$ U: yDo you run through each day
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On the fly?# v/ y" I7 ^: q
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When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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! b1 D+ S8 s- ]7 x* b4 \When the day is done: J2 j9 T- d9 y$ |# ~
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Do you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores
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# F' }8 V( H* O& gRunning through your head?; u# v0 z5 j! I# T3 ^2 {
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.
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' f; S( }- A u# j1 ^3 _7 STime is short.1 z5 ?8 @- `- D2 e4 F
. W+ S% U0 o7 E* \( J. nThe music won't last.2 G& ?% a0 Y4 G1 u
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Ever told your child,) ?6 s5 H l5 T' W. x* v+ b
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,- d( m. u# X: W0 s* s
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Not see his sorrow?
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; `1 N7 r* l; D+ jEver lost touch,6 E9 u p2 Q/ c) l0 v! R
- `. E& Y7 W2 S( Q, |& X7 iLet a good friendship die }" ]! m: C( g9 Y4 J% d
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Cause you never had time
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Don't dance so fast.* g, p/ e; a i! t
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Time is short.! D" V9 U" T' W7 M
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere& U# a. c, t; U
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When you worry and hurry through your day,: e" e" W. ~& {$ J+ ~1 ]
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.8 [6 f) N7 y7 H2 x% p0 C/ j3 ^. g
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Do take it slower
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1 L# ~+ T; P- B0 y" |: ~Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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1 c% Q9 s* o; n' P$ _) ZDear All:& @/ H9 T5 j& \9 v' _; w. w
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( B. a. d1 q6 Q. J9 K* tPLEASE 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.
% ^. V! c! E' H* q% AThis 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.% y) y/ N2 }3 M _3 B
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
6 G$ q/ Y1 R2 \6 D j! O. I( b# 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!
$ V. B. U/ F: X, U$ RPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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& `6 }- D" `9 v! b+ K+ r' SDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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