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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. - A' V4 k) P% y9 v& s) y
9 H8 `3 M; y" f- AShe 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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2 e& w# Q3 @/ C0 U( l, s+ rThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.8 z! X! y% Q6 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.) j; q3 J9 M. ?( _0 q4 [
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SLOW DANCE" c' v* C' C7 A& j$ `
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?! S3 X5 c q7 B# O& |
- i) o/ V, ]8 n T8 W8 P8 x6 dOr listened to the rain
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4 H3 i, c* E& mSlapping on the ground?' {& w* R; Z& m' Z+ \1 E: E& K5 k
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?* C$ F% h( R) [
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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& h7 h# ~4 V0 lYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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, V6 Z1 a- ?1 BTime is short.
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% k6 n/ J& g2 X. }$ pThe music won't last., S' y! R( v' v+ T4 i
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/ _% G. u- g) i {/ t# S( MDo you run through each day
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On the fly?
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When you ask How are you?' w3 g. ^! t. q
y! f5 j/ W# p% i( ~8 `Do you hear the reply?
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& H4 z9 C7 N; i4 F- x- j9 h6 @When the day is done9 ^7 @1 {" t! b( |- b
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2 S# K3 X# A" ^' _' v$ bDo you lie in your bed! W& w. G7 E7 f9 l' K; z
7 i7 X. S2 s( Z& q% G2 IWith the next hundred chores7 Z5 L, X1 c! p3 l4 o
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Running through your head?) m' v( k' \8 r& o5 E4 n6 p% O9 ~, n
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You'd better slow down
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, W Z* B9 v/ d P/ U. d/ D2 QDon't dance so fast.
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4 D& B6 y9 c$ E/ i0 F* _Time is short.
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# K. R; R j- W1 y2 @/ UThe music won't last.( I0 V5 f' S0 x- A/ L3 A
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?7 ^1 i7 v& p$ n1 ^; T- K2 U! l7 _
8 a7 s. N' _1 g7 F1 }! F/ S; }, ?) TAnd in your haste,: M" A: y# B' L+ z, S5 u) l
$ Y& K: I9 Y ?& S' NNot see his sorrow?% v/ }4 P" b- M3 z5 T6 j! [
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Ever lost touch,5 ?# B0 U0 Y0 m
% X+ n* d/ E- iLet a good friendship die3 f, R1 Q: w' C- ]6 Q
2 `' L. W, s3 T5 h$ |7 q* ?# SCause you never had time+ }0 ~' g% [8 F) R4 C
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To call and say,"Hi" y+ X0 {, ?0 s$ ^- c( @
& M# J7 G5 W; a) n1 H% dYou'd better slow down.! i& Q. _# I2 n m
3 n' S$ T' u4 h; [6 d" ]( Q& _Don't dance so fast.
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& @6 g5 u! u4 {6 M3 A' H" O3 q) C* ATime is short.
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2 j) I* t+ }; {8 }' B# v1 }; \/ iThe music won't last.
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5 i) H6 i- [% F" _# Z' X( x9 @7 eWhen you run so fast to get somewhere' v4 \6 ?* z) d
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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) |% _1 i5 }$ d5 V- K3 fWhen you worry and hurry through your day,; c& a) n. C! E2 S* r- u3 C
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.! C( |+ _; w. u: a
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower
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* E+ D8 L& [! x6 @8 {5 zHear the music
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Before the song is over., i9 w9 e. h4 z! l
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. D) L% p G$ i' OFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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4 H) S. R. A# P( u* Z! ZDear All:( G8 E T- y! w/ F. P, S1 B; J
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1 b: e, b/ E3 `4 M& |. 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.
+ G8 d# Q. @- X+ U$ k4 ~, MThis 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.
/ N& o3 U6 S8 Q: y" YShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
! _$ B4 E0 k* U: QBy 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!
' c- {5 [/ o( r2 W/ u0 mPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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0 u' p) d& m) C' _Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
* A) S7 ]2 B5 n! ZDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology0 ]1 l3 ?# D7 y' o
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