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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 2 q9 b- p6 J q, t$ i7 C; W
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. : K$ H9 ^' M0 f5 ]
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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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' p5 Y* u$ s: [2 g KIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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SLOW DANCE& ]0 X5 A" `: {4 N) Y
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1 L# v8 M$ V l( B) YHave you ever watched kids. }9 [0 o0 P1 X1 b8 E; v2 C8 z+ W
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G) D! C& [; KOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?: i$ M+ o; N) e( X4 m" j
) z7 }# x5 H$ }% X4 f0 p. OEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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3 U! D1 {2 D/ \2 B- d( e" N+ t6 R% u U& kOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?0 i& ?6 N* h Q' g; l0 V
8 E% a6 d- O1 Y/ f* j' TYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast." ?7 g1 P! ?) x5 x8 m, g
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Time is short.9 r& n5 |" X/ @8 F$ |9 j2 L
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The music won't last.
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# \- T% m/ B& k4 C! j) Y$ ?Do you run through each day
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' b+ Z- y( a V4 w. h: ?- p8 hOn the fly?
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When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?4 T6 o. e: \6 B
' \0 ]3 |5 C& B1 Y/ N6 W& ?When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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) i& w1 L/ q, FWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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. ^: q+ B7 t0 x1 ^You'd better slow down
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: _! [+ W3 k+ Q, H1 r5 d6 zDon't dance so fast.* K0 }$ l/ r1 L2 W w; R/ U
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,. V0 a2 q: G6 c J* U; V* g8 R
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We'll do it tomorrow?( @+ S, t' Z* K
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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& G4 ]' U5 r/ ?7 _6 W+ a# @Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die) B* ]7 Z2 V, S, L5 C7 q
$ s; t+ l/ ]1 A% i7 iCause you never had time
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2 g: Y6 ~% d* l- t1 tTo call and say,"Hi"
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* l- F) X- C8 B' D4 j2 a! ]You'd better slow down.: l# C% c' P, @* U
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Don't dance so fast.
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The music won't last.7 A: U% L* s7 a0 P
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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* X. t8 N" V( y( wYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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9 Z8 c6 x% Z5 d, z4 zWhen you worry and hurry through your day,2 l( G- {; X/ B1 K
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away./ `0 V, ^( v; e. r) Y
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower! a# i& w( v! @4 v! o" a
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' i. q) @! h, KBefore the song is over.0 e9 {! d/ ]9 d* l* D+ s, V2 L0 }
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( @ L. f9 u) B% s; O. V3 X! pFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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4 O6 `/ |% Z7 h1 k2 t) ^$ rDear All:
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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.+ K/ W; M9 w$ T" E5 v( b: q. Y5 N
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.
: M, r" }6 f: i& p# W0 D2 xShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.- i* G, F3 A" j! ` I( ^0 D8 U/ l
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!
8 o) U* v& w* [PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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m8 `) P. B. @8 k) b+ G, EDr. Dennis Shields, Professor+ l' i. i. o% W) X0 |5 Z, s, E
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology) Z2 @( R' K }) x( C
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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