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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 5 Z+ i9 O$ S8 l. I
6 H/ h) R1 _# d4 kShe wants to see how many people get her poem. ! z4 M; \" _/ K2 d& M+ S) m' J
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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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' q- ?7 ?1 _8 v+ w& P7 y0 \It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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, r$ G" d8 b% }5 R' H2 w6 s. Z, [SLOW DANCE u( |4 c) ^+ X: r
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1 ^3 w, p$ H u+ ^+ {, X7 c+ E( SHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain* ?, k% r* B/ X/ X, U: R- u9 Z
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Slapping on the ground?1 r I. e0 w. P4 `
' G% S% D6 }" m g: d2 pEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?, B4 c$ ?& F7 b2 K
2 B( e' O& b# o7 C! }: x" p- ZOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?; o! t. b& t |
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You better slow down./ U, s0 m' c( B7 X( d/ m+ v
' I. Q/ }$ t9 i/ PDon't dance so fast.
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- g0 s* e( h' x1 `' J9 JTime is short.
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- [1 s0 L1 p5 c1 xThe music won't last.3 r4 n6 W$ i U" r0 U* k& d- _
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?5 w3 W) c1 p6 R" l) g( w
; S; ~" S# t7 t1 W t# P; OWhen you ask How are you?9 ~, \+ L$ \+ L
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Do you hear the reply?
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& O8 \$ u0 Y0 n* O8 k$ GWhen the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed) k) q4 e- V* u0 o) y7 @: m% m9 g2 C
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With the next hundred chores
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3 s5 f' C0 D0 P9 P8 e- T' J) ?' uRunning through your head?: N, f' ^: N, \' H5 H; L
/ B) v. K: y! M- u/ KYou'd better slow down7 @+ V3 e% T& j3 y
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Don't dance so fast.0 f1 I4 c6 q) R/ X5 j8 ` i2 `
8 r/ t" h9 ~& n2 NTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,. s; q, r0 J& _8 s: @. U' {
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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8 r( P0 M8 z% o' C6 @* _And in your haste,# V8 j# a5 p, y J
7 t8 K$ l. G3 x6 w; VNot see his sorrow?. Y! g/ S' l( D' r4 J
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Ever lost touch,4 f7 X) t3 Q( }; ?( e# a
- H$ x+ V# _7 V! ]4 rLet a good friendship die8 m8 V! m6 f2 P, {
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Cause you never had time' u3 y) I9 r U, K# j) A, h: t
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: x9 y. b8 R) FYou'd better slow down.6 E8 a& C: {* D. J& [3 {; M' v
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Don't dance so fast.
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The music won't last.2 _: Z8 b, a* ?* q- J/ F
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When you run so fast to get somewhere3 o% P0 L; p9 n+ |, W7 o
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You miss half the fun of getting there.' J6 u% S( b# K* w
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.! {5 ?1 {2 A2 Y) Z7 c( n
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Do take it slower. v& e5 g4 j" f, {/ B- _, D6 W
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Hear the music$ N0 v) |0 b, ~
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j7 E% Q! w# T4 D6 z" R) NFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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$ B8 [) P L4 Q3 F9 N3 Z. T& RPLEASE 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.- @/ N7 D5 _0 @! n4 l
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./ X" V: k0 o# g
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.4 ?' b; Y8 S) f" h! d
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!5 V) O, ~# S& J" C" o
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.7 W0 }: c( |8 W3 Z# @% G
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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1300 Morris Park Avenue
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