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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. * t2 a5 B+ X, g2 O7 `& x6 M0 ~) |; G
2 ]; v" C3 h# ?4 b% ^She wants to see how many people get her poem. , P/ |5 J: Z* d5 @; i/ Z8 G6 X
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on." B+ R4 S1 i3 q0 R$ I6 i
3 B0 n( s0 I' p3 T) U' `This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.. d5 j0 L7 W$ h+ N7 W
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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 DANCE1 Q3 n3 q4 g- l9 m
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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: d0 }; u7 E( ]/ n6 W+ t: d) EOr listened to the rain) M9 ?: i- q( T. b
3 b8 l6 y. K/ \* H! Y6 XSlapping on the ground?
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, _$ t8 C7 C; o( n1 |Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?+ K M+ Y* u1 u4 a$ k$ f( s
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You better slow down.* t$ s: @5 S5 Q( ~
2 E w- z3 e8 ~; S4 G/ qDon't dance so fast.: U y5 X% q, x& B M+ _; l
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Time is short.* u. H, t- Q. {" ~
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The music won't last.% B8 i+ d# w: V5 |- G# ]
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3 t* E1 ]6 R7 `' L" c# E1 VDo you run through each day! j/ z* n& E9 q6 X' M) s$ G
" ~+ _# y4 G1 _0 K& ~On the fly?! {0 [. c4 @( k0 J1 N2 @
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When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done L) y1 A1 i0 d3 P
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" y) \& Y! N: iDo you lie in your bed2 U5 V, Z, h0 } K% k% s$ f
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: V, U0 V5 D( F' S2 N3 ARunning through your head?
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9 C3 P8 \* I" S" o8 r- n8 JYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.( r/ L" ^8 g2 Y6 ]
1 V4 X8 G& p1 L% a, b [/ ATime is short.
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The music won't last.9 H5 w. X! T1 U0 s1 [' u: z7 A
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) U* O1 d8 a# O. ^' c; b, mEver told your child,
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7 U9 @) W$ }. I3 tWe'll do it tomorrow?* Z# v; y% v1 E8 [) z0 V" F( x
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And in your haste," V( b1 X1 A, j, S2 _
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Not see his sorrow?
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/ M9 L( a' b# L4 ` `7 W1 KEver lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die7 m% u; t* l- j1 ~$ T! g/ t1 y+ {
, M2 ~* ]# g! Q! d* UCause you never had time
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. P- }, m& p8 H6 rYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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The music won't last.) x1 h- Z5 c. s# Q/ g
0 i1 Z9 C* @9 F( l' o+ `, NWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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- F. A Y& n6 J; V6 KYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day," p. R) H. Y. W' i0 U; e' ~
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/ I: Y# `9 _5 Q$ w7 X3 TThrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower
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$ t+ U, R6 X, t0 sHear 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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Dear All:
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& S0 s# k+ x, w( O$ \9 j. u3 D; 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.# P& F6 c; t4 ]2 a5 l
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.& R+ F% Y* f* |+ l1 O6 O+ s, u3 d
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
2 S6 a1 d0 I3 d7 KBy 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!
2 X3 u- X/ U# ` p0 T( dPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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) x. J& t. ^/ |4 z# fDr. Dennis Shields, Professor) F- }) R0 {$ j: Q" e, Q/ K, x& l+ ?
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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