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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. ' x' R ^0 S" {. n: U3 G" W9 [
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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.; k* L/ }' a# H& \/ `1 _ @1 I
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.. S) ^$ l3 B$ o$ a" H% C& `, |/ V
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7 E$ u( s) I0 e2 T" X8 |SLOW DANCE# _& X, ^ t9 H
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?, S, Z- ~" a5 R W) @
- K! \( H9 t/ O. V; AOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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0 N& _& z7 B( C0 P* Z, E& jYou better slow down.
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$ A. b# N1 X5 qDon't dance so fast.1 `$ ?( O6 [) T. o! R, E4 z
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Time is short.. D# [. J2 q: B% b# O* D( B: _* {
3 V3 W% a8 K1 a, rThe music won't last.
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: e4 g$ `: M2 cDo you run through each day6 r8 L. O5 @, w/ C# |, I" |
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On the fly?
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When you ask How are you?3 [7 r* v1 u5 ?
* g* o* m" O- ?, |# q' zDo you hear the reply?" t; c! Z+ P; Z [1 q9 I
8 Y }& Z" _/ iWhen the day is done8 `2 _$ h( x& D' j" ^
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) W3 f4 \# m/ z/ j8 TDo you lie in your bed
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7 F0 J/ q$ @* E j; {6 tWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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3 R" J) K# r. c( QDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.& w: T% T1 \! c5 \/ y+ ?8 z+ |6 q( W2 m
7 a* x% r) e0 v, p. b8 z2 m1 JThe music won't last.
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% s8 s- z' y; ?Ever 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?
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Ever lost touch,6 x6 H9 l3 p) p ^1 L# t8 w. G+ m
@5 A/ z$ j% Q3 z6 u7 G) s7 o* A& gLet a good friendship die5 ?( {9 [: i3 k) v) |
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Cause you never had time7 u/ Y4 [+ g/ }3 v
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To call and say,"Hi"$ j7 y4 R3 D7 Z: Z0 c
t) s2 p, z ^+ V; CYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast. x& q. u0 U" l. p) g n Q
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.* e1 \/ b: H$ ^9 _4 ^; Z0 A5 V
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When you run so fast to get somewhere& ]4 [# v/ }5 f2 L4 y* N2 ]
. J# X' ]* w( sYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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% T5 x7 \9 ^/ V2 n7 B7 U, gDo take it slower% T$ e. h" d( L, x% l
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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7 e+ N6 I# h; XFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.' x8 `' x) \) F7 m- }+ \
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% c) o3 D0 [- S9 r2 cDear All:* p6 B# t8 Z& u( ~# j) i+ a
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' s1 _( K9 o8 p- y4 t# M, RPLEASE 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.
* F. C9 B( ?5 @- I7 JThis 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% X/ l4 J" m8 }She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.5 ]3 x( ]5 O4 _) I9 y* @
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!7 g# [5 U3 t* ]1 t+ T* A) a
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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' l% _% ~. V; X/ H5 @Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor7 E1 \" `1 V) F3 x
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology% [8 j b" ~1 T4 j. p3 |9 j7 P
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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