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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 0 v& K% N: r& t G6 b- {
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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.: { v1 \* }4 W0 a1 N5 R& ^% y1 o
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" f) z- w, N/ l7 K" a3 u! p% ?It! 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
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0 F4 Q( Z; U7 s! N$ q6 q v% NHave you ever watched kids5 |% h6 f. b9 \
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Or listened to the rain
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- l M& j9 ]# G. Z+ j$ w0 a$ e9 R& YSlapping on the ground?
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" [4 p% R5 {5 d6 u0 z0 p: y* FEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?& t0 J @! k; `$ e( r2 h
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You better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.; Z! k! I5 x0 J% }/ u" V
% o" g4 p/ b: f. D: A1 N8 }# FTime is short.
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4 j) V* c: y TThe music won't last.
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' S! \' I6 z- e, `3 d4 v2 IDo you run through each day
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. b" y0 _, ?# `% L6 w3 VOn the fly?( O/ Z! | z- u
9 _- b% {4 Z" {$ wWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?- ~4 T, \% i- S$ ^- @5 f6 N5 @$ T7 z+ M
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When the day is done
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9 n2 s6 t! n* \! j H1 U- PDo you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores
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' b6 b7 `9 l6 TRunning through your head?
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1 M8 ~9 i! ?6 W: HYou'd better slow down9 Y) O6 M" A. }! s% U+ f. w
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Don't dance so fast.$ X& o$ r. y, [1 k
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Time is short.
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) }- \# n9 }6 d' t7 t9 c" F( YEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?/ ^' r* O3 A- o$ W/ l
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Ever lost touch,1 z% l; T2 f$ F
- P [' w# \. j) w7 `( k% kLet a good friendship die( e2 ~. |1 b; I0 f' S" Z+ J
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Cause you never had time
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You'd better slow down.4 E. k% h4 m! q5 i0 j
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Don't dance so fast.
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere1 H1 y" \( k. W/ f4 O( q
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6 F0 k9 d' h5 `. M* \8 ]* l. Q1 @When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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7 B* Y0 e3 {5 A# k' l6 TThrown away.' g" @ C# G7 {; A/ d
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Life is not a race.* E7 w( T8 Z+ v$ a! `+ N" N
3 @. g' q' H; w1 y3 O, jDo take it slower
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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7 |; X1 A8 I: W( wFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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" U0 a: D2 g: P0 JPLEASE 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.
. U1 e5 i* }! F2 b5 V5 v6 DThis 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- h- n# W& c" ^; L( }' pShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own. S; W6 d! S( B% d1 g
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!
& ?: ] d8 Y6 n5 J6 kPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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% W5 v6 ~, k& [& J$ O& t* W: JDr. Dennis Shields, Professor7 S" R2 T! }! _4 B1 H. H
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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