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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 4 H8 `5 r' I6 p& K' ~1 b7 a
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. ; D0 N& B6 g5 @2 r! ` d% _
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
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3 W+ T1 {3 {8 c ?4 ]This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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* p, L+ d% o/ C) \' `- iSLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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9 S2 @9 g+ M( B' m0 [Slapping on the ground?
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2 j& j( p- X* Z; O" P. v9 \Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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$ i# o% J% X- Q" \8 S4 n! xOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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5 u8 \$ Q/ {5 uYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short./ z8 g9 s# T B; b% j" k* H, Q( F0 _3 s
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?% [4 q0 X0 }- l& y+ q
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When you ask How are you?7 T, r4 w# A0 Y5 E
3 W8 r5 v; Z+ U5 A5 H/ _Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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' Z( O% r6 h4 B# CRunning through your head?$ }& C6 l: [: _
% P8 t; @: C n; D( j! cYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast., ^( X& O& u& K' X
3 @0 w5 X8 d5 E$ kTime is short.
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2 P- i: O, ~. _7 gThe music won't last.8 k' ~1 g0 b, e7 S& E; V* Z
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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3 m, E0 e( N6 c; ?* i p/ f- UAnd in your haste,9 W4 ]: _: l# r$ T1 x7 f" m
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die0 v8 ~9 }& M$ l( N
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' J6 r3 ~. a" V$ f3 U0 bTo call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.
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2 D) ]0 ]" b% _" a3 l8 f% A6 JDon't dance so fast.
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0 F# D+ k6 v8 }3 b# o# @ u! iThe music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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! }+ }/ B/ m% @5 P" f3 M9 cYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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4 \4 j: V5 {% d. k! f. vWhen you worry and hurry through your day,$ P1 G) G2 ?1 H2 u- I/ `
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.# U* e. M- ?1 S- ^ l
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Life is not a race.
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$ O) ^& [ t! a5 qHear the music* ~1 r( R! t% ?4 }- u5 v/ _
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% @! p+ E" Y' O5 p8 o! d0 W, w3 xFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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# h. z7 ~' S2 \7 p& }/ r, L% FPLEASE 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., {* I; k% J P6 ~( s/ D1 K# |
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$ F: ?* s9 w% d5 k7 xShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
! { ]& v6 H3 e1 |6 gBy 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!
; t+ n- G2 ]1 b; f$ XPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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