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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. + n& {* z( l- ~, _9 s: p% K
& v9 g) N B, G7 N1 p, G2 KIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
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$ P4 s, Z0 d# w" _, a1 fThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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3 r; w5 G" Y4 d& JIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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9 `) w$ n1 E( M! k- v, y6 c+ i6 [SLOW DANCE! _, i: w! U- ?
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Have you ever watched kids* v! x( D! r: M+ r- K6 C- g
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Or listened to the rain
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2 V6 K8 B& Z& k: T9 ]- p% DSlapping on the ground?# s1 L2 A' w" J, \' H0 u
4 h. d( r: r8 a! h! D5 hEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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, r4 Q$ ?. \) p& X6 Y2 q! G2 U+ ZOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?6 \5 m& i9 j/ e2 g
) n4 `, f! d7 e; R. n! cYou better slow down.* I* C1 p( T* j# |, ~0 t5 f
O3 D1 F/ o- h2 v9 \" O# ?Don't dance so fast.
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% P% m2 r6 q+ T# O* ~) C: Y- aTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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8 X/ e! ]" R- Z) T% \+ a6 tOn the fly?
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When you ask How are you?8 _) ~9 o P2 D
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Do you hear the reply?
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1 {: h4 X u- s6 K. h+ w. SWhen the day is done r% P1 \' Q. x1 t- e# d- i
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. k: i8 D$ m+ r6 g. K8 K5 sDo you lie in your bed5 F# b [0 g. N" p- e% B4 E. u
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Running through your head?
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5 B/ v% t7 `# h/ C3 t) o9 fYou'd better slow down
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H- I% G' S6 y. uDon't dance so fast." D; b$ }% l4 F5 ~( S- p, J: L
5 D% {3 E0 W" I" S, vTime is short.& K: l f5 I7 Z; Z2 c
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The music won't last.
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( }* i4 k- [- a# YEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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/ O9 y5 S3 q7 vAnd in your haste,0 M9 [% L4 [+ R* t. u7 [1 H
$ X3 N q& ~: [. y0 d/ E3 H- q1 MNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,; l2 I& W# w6 V. \7 q" ?+ W) R" l
2 Y$ ^9 A" H: \ X: h7 Y/ eLet a good friendship die
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: m) T `1 y/ [Cause you never had time# F; Q9 ?- _2 n4 m
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To call and say,"Hi"7 x G! S) ~7 x5 i
! s3 I! |3 a" T- CYou'd better slow down.% L' Z k7 X7 P$ p
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Don't dance so fast.# j; j' o0 }( p
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere0 [" _1 h' p Z( n6 L9 Q( n
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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6 i2 w" x' G1 \+ J7 ZWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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9 J; q- m- s R2 c* c% f6 p1 m' sIt is like an unopened gift....
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$ k6 p1 Z1 u7 N+ N @) ]$ H, JThrown away.
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* Z- u- L! _' y/ R w ]/ _Life is not a race.
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Hear the music
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+ o N% t! x, E; eBefore the song is over.7 Q/ l. D% V. U$ p6 E; O( n
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.! Y% N( Z' q' ~
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% }0 V- ?! x1 X n$ gDear All:: e+ n3 Q, N0 V2 u; h& S
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$ A P/ [8 R/ B, }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.9 N; P, ?4 y- i
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.
1 a9 T2 ^ ~7 o, ]# iShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.% T7 f3 A% r8 [, x- a2 Q/ }
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!: P7 _+ v1 x& q0 n7 ?: d
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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1300 Morris Park Avenue
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