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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.  # B0 W0 d) ?8 m8 x5 b: a

: _6 e6 U+ c/ V/ GShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  $ u) s2 a1 t+ N' q* d$ f" r; Z

' f& J) r' T9 L8 J9 i7 R' J, v. f3 rIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on." R( A4 X# B  J( ~2 u4 T) N$ {

* N, z3 _  w# L, D5 d% @This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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2 ]8 N2 E2 K; c8 u5 S+ a4 j% {; ?It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.) c4 l6 b2 v2 k+ B, r. ^8 N
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! h) Z& s) j- g# A$ @& r% [* D! DSLOW DANCE& D5 v  v" s0 N: s- n/ p/ l1 c

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4 D! n- e! z$ f6 k/ IHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain9 ^# e" ~& l9 B7 c' ]9 T

# g/ B/ k3 V9 H$ q/ BSlapping on the ground?' D: I" m0 S/ p* K
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?- b! X. Y/ }3 _- y
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?* m, u/ Y9 h% L, F  l( S" H

7 |, o) K0 g; q* ]) m1 a" sYou better slow down.! N# V6 |" X% Z
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Don't dance so fast.( Z! m! J6 x7 P
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day, k' S% U5 j% J* N

# g; X& R* ]! h+ DOn the fly?( G3 G  b6 B7 w. J! `
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When you ask How are you?
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# B3 \% ]0 A3 pDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done1 B# i- _8 q3 E4 {8 l/ ?
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0 F; n' e+ b. l9 vDo you lie in your bed
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1 _+ H  H! K: O: R: X8 o  _2 WWith the next hundred chores9 y. d( }) S+ t5 y  f

; N- i+ X/ ^7 M) _( iRunning through your head?) E+ f5 K. ?9 t9 n

* a9 h' f7 w+ GYou'd better slow down
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  k3 \6 h6 [2 m% ADon't dance so fast.7 z) ?; D' {  q2 \% ]7 W
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.; I: @8 @) t" V$ u5 O
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?; u1 {; }- u  m2 d* C, A7 i

4 Z4 Y+ b3 w' C  ^And in your haste,
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% L/ y3 N- A, ^+ a% R- _. f7 B! t$ bNot see his sorrow?0 o3 }2 V$ T" E* K' \  O$ [
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Ever lost touch,
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' x) {2 F* B% }0 T) L$ oLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time) `. l. F9 p' h% g- Y3 E% s

5 }$ {6 R2 l5 R/ W% P# K- WTo call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.  }4 L! q, x( _, A3 \
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Don't dance so fast.# S7 P" s( f3 l8 l- y7 ]

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! a% g+ b8 l+ U0 f" r4 ZThe music won't last.7 T) g3 D% ?  @: X8 }. Z0 i

6 {& U1 ~2 N  R7 i3 X4 R, NWhen you run so fast to get somewhere; s% K: Z, Z+ i' p- a/ ?

  h( e2 H- }) o* J- ZYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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Thrown away.
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, c5 P! A& H9 |% W5 H5 w* {Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower
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7 O7 c6 ]1 L' b% i/ \! p# HHear the music' `; v! r4 V. C6 u' T! a( R

, J, [6 T. q+ H9 t* h- vBefore the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:, m& ?2 \5 M1 D& Q- }) O; c& i
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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.
4 W* }) s; O5 M3 D! X0 XThis 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.
2 K8 I, ^% D9 j8 G$ i3 k% n, wShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own." d" Q4 Y1 R* w% p; Q7 [8 m- U
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!  @% I$ {8 O9 i( q; }
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.2 A  o6 ?% V& U' X
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7 v0 a- Z+ [6 N" z; XDr. Dennis Shields, Professor8 U# n' X* g3 P, }
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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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1 @4 U- b$ @4 l6 `6 [0 E3 L  {+ G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。
. i9 s! P* x# V4 }好好爱着好好活着......
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6 D. h' |8 o5 l6 X0 D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
1 a; c1 O5 _+ H2 q- g  h& g小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。/ s. }6 Q7 H( O0 J. c2 S4 y! j
好好爱着好好活着......
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4 O8 B7 R' ^9 s2 ~( n5 ]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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