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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 2 e( l3 `2 M( p5 `2 A
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. + V" O9 R& f/ `! e* r+ Q0 c
. [/ D0 Z- R8 Q4 c" F2 L7 IIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.) l: L/ Y6 D1 p O0 }/ Y
& j$ Z8 P, l7 B/ `8 O# rThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.3 U" i+ @5 A. f: ~- F0 L7 b! N
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2 j/ {! N" U/ u4 \' i s9 t) V. oIt! 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
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Have you ever watched kids) e# a! v1 M. A7 q2 Y
: S5 R- ~1 z: bOn a merry-go-round? } c( d& i2 m2 x" v3 `. h5 {2 b
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Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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: f( B* _3 d% e+ l2 iEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?2 U% u' b: x# ?! f1 f# B3 e
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You better slow down.
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* A6 D- H4 S4 h4 w1 w! `8 xDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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Do you run through each day
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- W2 Y* h, q: POn the fly?
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: I. u/ m8 G8 D8 z: ?When you ask How are you?7 ]" `, x/ Q) [2 [) ]$ ~0 C
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Do you hear the reply?
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3 P; p* ?1 [; G6 R) L4 l1 [8 y4 OWhen the day is done) J6 K N' r$ }; V j9 @- ~3 O& @, J
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Do you lie in your bed
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, I8 o+ e8 l+ M6 j, |: NWith the next hundred chores/ A N' I' V; ?0 G; i
8 N* R4 f+ U# VRunning through your head?
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0 K* u `/ {5 `% p$ |0 cYou'd better slow down
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G' q9 ~2 m7 q% C {Don't dance so fast.0 J7 j% y7 m4 [. ]- Z y9 W
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Time is short.) }" H9 Q7 U3 N `
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0 _, X+ m5 X- s5 ]0 ]Ever told your child,6 N7 k/ s, R3 e/ }
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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( {- J, K+ L/ M; SAnd in your haste,8 y9 f) ~! Z* f. a) o( u
# D. m' i) a( PNot see his sorrow?
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: B- B0 A; D! z0 N. V: eEver lost touch,: c5 |2 P7 X! J# G1 o! `8 T
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Let a good friendship die
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" E3 ~3 W2 O/ D& r% I; V8 f& oCause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"8 [) y' b |; F6 o* |' V s. A
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Don't dance so fast.2 A5 N p ]/ l4 S
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Time is short.
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( d1 J" z9 w9 S2 O& ~The music won't last.1 ?/ i; g) n b' s
4 r, j8 R C/ z; u% ?! SWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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+ _, u9 ^. P% ~+ K4 bWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift..../ Y* t8 ?7 g' f2 [" U
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Thrown away.
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; V% ]! Y0 j% X0 O0 [1 o, RLife is not a race.8 T) k4 H) j( ?& B0 a" X* p
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Hear the music- f3 j/ b& P1 _
1 l2 ?* s( ]: |6 ABefore 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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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., L; R( z7 i9 g6 T
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.
& I& q! B' L) BShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
8 o. P7 D) Y2 }9 i1 w/ yBy 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!
( _! \5 B( T+ G1 P6 }, t" A7 LPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.* O8 [8 q+ a5 }. F
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
6 A( M( E' w8 w, E" }4 w6 uDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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