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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. + `0 r; M; \* R+ Y% O# n e* R
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. : @: r' s! i C$ g
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.* y; l" R1 ]: {6 c
( G% `' a6 |# l' }" i$ KThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.7 [' w: ?4 [) P( o
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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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SLOW DANCE; m0 G0 P8 S+ s! q) m# Q
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Have you ever watched kids- g1 z- ?: }( w% _) P* n5 W
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Or listened to the rain) I; @$ V; N6 { M
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Slapping on the ground?7 F! S) k) T+ N# C% m, J
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?8 }$ w7 r' ^- b3 d' T, h5 t
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. M, d. d! ?. N( \. k6 A' zYou better slow down.
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/ ^# ]! l; e. dDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.- Z. S$ {% i# k0 R) q
2 V, V! K. x6 {The music won't last.' ] j( ?3 r0 L8 g
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?
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+ }" L2 r& H8 h5 C1 `When you ask How are you?
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+ ]: L' }% m2 g' x. JDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done% [9 P. l) D& v
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Do you lie in your bed% H$ t% Q4 R$ J1 `: i
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Running through your head?; ]' |7 m# Z; @$ L: Q7 p" s! p
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You'd better slow down. \. ]- b: r/ |7 r' B0 V
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Don't dance so fast.
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; f! W0 I6 K* D5 R/ ~1 Z. @Time is short.
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+ ~: D8 A5 h3 mThe music won't last.
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# r& O$ W* W2 Q/ J* o: ?8 V/ d+ CEver told your child,5 u3 O& y' z4 O; M
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We'll do it tomorrow?. _; p4 L- w8 U8 x' z7 \8 m
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch," x8 [( W& r# D
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Let a good friendship die6 T8 Z. {; L# }# c/ _
3 f3 }- D. S2 @Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"" t' V8 L5 Q R& a! e- e0 W
5 g/ X5 Y# [4 s/ Q9 CYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.' l/ @0 M; }, f5 U1 q
* m# p0 ?( o0 C3 BThe music won't last.
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' h7 `# p1 W, Q# i) n, ~1 \$ x6 AWhen you run so fast to get somewhere6 [% g" Q5 e5 m( ?1 X. V, [- C: m
) O! ]/ G7 s4 I2 j# a8 h) bYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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5 B. u5 [- R, |; W2 o% l+ @When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....& i( S$ ?0 } R* h# p
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower1 M2 l" O/ |. L+ U
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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$ H& @- Q y P4 k* N0 Q7 S$ y+ RDear All:# m( d3 D* `2 c9 S
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+ F. e* J5 i- X" L6 \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.
7 G) C1 W: Z% F; cThis 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.
" R- Z* S; m4 b4 KShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.8 A ^9 T3 j8 h' ?. Z4 V( q) q( N
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!
$ l& K/ B7 @" C e5 H" J. \& pPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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