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Slow Dance (please read and pass on)

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发表于 2006-10-4 09:59 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  " u, _1 |9 o! w$ H, H. B

  O( T( e7 f1 ]5 |5 _  y9 `8 VShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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: K! f% j& d; }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.* o/ C4 f7 b. `3 c

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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.$ ^5 |2 y" F. R" P: K; [

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SLOW DANCE8 u3 y& G+ N- K* m

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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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5 l6 ?6 T$ \. }3 e4 Y& aOr listened to the rain
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) h+ t1 P% |8 `! p4 @Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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2 p0 D0 c7 Z7 p4 ?4 ~5 O( A' i, [6 |You better slow down.8 x7 V0 F3 M6 [) b/ \
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Don't dance so fast.
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* n9 W7 J7 ^% W1 ~Time is short.& l" t+ `# m6 K9 z3 i* y% e

) e2 b) M2 B; w' X" V4 ZThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day9 X* F  ]% H+ ]: V; Y  F) W, J

0 ~0 _6 p1 j0 G7 KOn the fly?
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! D2 f3 f9 U6 M5 S$ mWhen you ask How are you?% T4 ~, o* H% N3 ?

- r1 \: `* Z# KDo you hear the reply?
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5 c; [- Z) t6 q  G' n. J8 h1 q8 b; i' MWhen the day is done) d) T7 Z# `* \! [  h) B
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Do you lie in your bed
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4 q! M2 ]% I& U9 N& l2 P8 mWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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3 h; P2 i5 d! _( vYou'd better slow down! {1 s6 b) W, y% D( B/ T& t
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Don't dance so fast./ H3 U# W) b# j2 a! k/ A' c$ E
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.; z. s+ ?# j% @9 t

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Ever told your child,
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. H& z, u3 }' _. A3 d( x, f1 j; WWe'll do it tomorrow?$ C1 l- N- L' Q: q, m2 F1 i# q2 F

6 f! Y5 q/ z+ ~3 oAnd in your haste,
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1 i; a* g, S6 e# FNot see his sorrow?* {- \. P4 J9 d. p2 ~9 l5 \

+ K, j: l" R) b2 o( i8 F, v$ w( KEver lost touch,8 V  E4 E6 E/ @  `) o8 B

. _. U9 Y  U4 {& Y  @Let a good friendship die
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; J8 e5 h2 [2 M2 q# _! MCause you never had time8 Y: v# [* p1 j  H& m
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To call and say,"Hi"& C: K9 M* k, I) s7 U; y2 C
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You'd better slow down.& [- V6 B  n' k* R  ~) ?: G- E4 p

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Time is short.
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  V' R# k2 G, o! {The music won't last.* Y7 d1 K/ W* g6 W4 ~! i

5 x0 P" u0 e$ iWhen 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,- O" e3 w5 Q8 g& J: w& f
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It is like an unopened gift....
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6 m: R: z6 s, r7 _2 zThrown away./ x, A6 ~( c$ q# n. U

. t: F+ C- L5 f; a1 j- X8 r# [$ @5 c5 ^Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower, T3 g! U: _6 ?5 b  J" ^( t

6 K8 [0 h! x, ]; Z( iHear the music
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+ [" j; e! T" {: a/ eBefore the song is over.
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4 |3 X  b; p( f! SFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT., }9 d9 H* e, G7 z
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* L1 K8 X& Y7 m9 K/ g5 o4 PDear All:
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/ J  a6 }" {8 [; m  Q  Z3 |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.) S: t8 T: Q9 Z, C: C+ y$ p7 A
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.7 \- K, ]6 e2 ?! J$ A8 T& C
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
& e: d8 v# |$ ?4 T( {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!% P  C! t2 b& {7 |/ z
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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发表于 2006-10-4 10:09 | 显示全部楼层
这诗的大概意思让人们停下匆匆的脚步,好好地体会生命,好好地关爱身边的人。
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这几天赋闲在家,我也想如此,可是每次开车外出,看着车辆稀疏的街道,我心里就感觉特别惶惶。
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发表于 2006-10-4 22:16 | 显示全部楼层
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
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" s3 j: P. e# H5 n  X我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。
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 楼主| 发表于 2006-10-5 10:32 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表. a9 E- K! k2 d. n" y, E7 ^4 J
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
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# c7 g" h# l0 J; d我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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是啊,心疼就一个字!
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