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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. * s! W% |! j, C
7 r9 w& y; b3 `" eShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 6 v: y2 }0 u2 P) W( s( M$ {
( P3 u9 q: [* U9 n( bIt 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.4 s5 b ^! E0 H, ^
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6 d! t+ Q* Q8 pIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM." u# y3 g5 V% n0 V, P H6 N
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SLOW DANCE
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: ^, E' G; s+ l E- X0 Q/ vHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?2 \" N5 U; [% a) c
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Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?5 R. V4 |2 i: _# g2 x# c" Q8 ~0 M( m
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?6 r, [, Q2 P! U1 \; Q8 X* C
# [& o) e9 N8 |1 y' aYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.$ t6 J# l; E( ~- H/ w+ c2 L: K7 C
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Time is short.
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9 T3 Z; t; n/ ]The music won't last.
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# b- ], W' U E8 dDo you run through each day
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# ~6 w b: K3 l6 TOn the fly?
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* {; [: p! p- ~8 fWhen you ask How are you?6 |+ ^, s' d% ~% R. |
4 D8 e8 ?+ K) ^ oDo you hear the reply?# |/ X$ G3 ]: H) m3 o$ E' d
5 {+ [' } V+ h- x2 Q& }When the day is done4 ~, l! c- I7 U6 d' a+ o( o, D
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# z( ~ S$ @+ F# a" \) J% qDo you lie in your bed; W5 U; o* x& X+ t, g( e' n5 Y
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With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?6 V1 x& m p- G" l
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You'd better slow down
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p4 A9 _' S. X# j- C( uDon't dance so fast.
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Z+ {$ F9 w, f6 }" p' j. hTime is short.
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The music won't last.2 k: j o# ~3 }' F
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# p( l* Y( L- ]% G0 iEver told your child,
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: r3 q- \4 m6 ?% Q3 ]We'll do it tomorrow?: H2 T9 o! d& P3 B/ t2 {$ J
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And in your haste,
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/ d6 a: e G' F. I: I; Y# W$ xNot see his sorrow?6 _% Q6 H/ p2 m9 _1 E
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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( A' G9 T+ }: B3 |: FCause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"! l) t: ~. C' ^$ b9 |2 o
# G/ A% @4 P: B7 i$ e7 z% @You'd better slow down." e. H9 e3 P- Y; [* }* C
( h: ^; p# E/ l4 ]Don't dance so fast.+ ^2 W! i" K! T$ v9 y# I$ M
* Z& q, ]0 f9 R5 cTime is short.6 x+ Y3 R! C3 i/ q# q5 F0 Y' D6 w6 W+ G
3 P3 r+ ^$ ~9 b3 L) X5 z3 G3 D5 p' AThe music won't last.
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- e. J( m; J( OWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,3 B! {/ @0 u3 {, |2 w2 K: _
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It is like an unopened gift....
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1 D0 X3 r4 o% [" lThrown away.
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+ C! `! d* D% z" D! k; {Life is not a race.
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0 a9 {, r/ m) Y% LHear the music
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3 E+ P/ Y7 f2 m" oBefore the song is over.5 R `3 O% ~+ a4 \& t
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' J$ \3 ]0 B& `& s ~FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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: n6 x8 ] q& w( y- oPLEASE 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., k- L+ I. S! F+ q/ x
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.; F! V) y" _- y k/ q& A* @+ e8 s
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.7 E0 v5 q- R' S7 y0 U
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!0 g5 \( {2 t5 w9 C2 Y5 P* T1 R/ ?2 n
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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' j* t( Q& f0 y" rDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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