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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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# t, a( T* W- c6 F8 u3 {& B9 PShe wants to see how many people get her poem. ! F( s- _! [* D k
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.# `4 T, A% ]; _8 ~, B' {
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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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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7 r# |, b% o0 t6 |1 F1 ]# ^SLOW DANCE! G2 f+ Y" B) t. g/ q0 O1 H
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Have you ever watched kids2 A% U1 W% r; V( V& s% ]' k
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On a merry-go-round?
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) \$ H* b# [) a3 t) P% cOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?. x2 W( i, b) _
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?* ?4 S* J* ?2 r+ b/ f; @+ p9 V. x
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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2 Y1 k8 v) ` S5 j& N0 ?You better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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9 n" Z" @ P& g# z. ~3 @Time is short.
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5 D* ~* e J, F) N5 MThe music won't last.7 X: {; A. Y) R" f; g; ]
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4 S3 m! F# J4 f$ l% SDo you run through each day- q2 I# X' o+ D! F6 ~* ^
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On the fly?6 }3 U7 i4 {0 T f: J. ~/ r
/ O+ k/ x5 d7 N/ C0 o r- YWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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" |: @9 h- ]7 BWhen the day is done. i! s3 k" e- y2 K& G$ f" M
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Do you lie in your bed
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: N, }4 z, c q& m- m. W! k7 IWith the next hundred chores
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/ x: |2 M' H) n1 y1 VRunning through your head?* {8 ~8 A* E, _0 _
6 _: W7 p, k+ S" A x/ tYou'd better slow down
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; [" X1 B: p. p' k! q9 yDon't dance so fast. `+ K W7 d! b: b1 q$ n
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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9 F$ A9 u% `2 D4 q& f; fEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?# S2 O! v- }4 T. Z
9 J" C6 ]0 G7 n; f2 IAnd in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?) m% s s3 z% p H2 F
1 y, W+ [0 j8 k P6 KEver lost touch,! Z/ B9 B8 J4 w0 h' a) r; E
% k5 A" L: o) i' `7 p3 ^Let a good friendship die
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# y; L9 H. P1 mCause you never had time
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0 T* r$ V9 d) @To call and say,"Hi"
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o u+ U+ a& Q! n$ }6 ~1 yYou'd better slow down.9 ~. z) y. e; ]$ M$ z
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Don't dance so fast." P/ {& `' N5 l2 _
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+ y3 |1 R: A7 Q9 m% eThe music won't last.
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7 i: [2 n6 n1 J8 z6 LWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,, W8 `: \( a9 x
; K9 ^" X# c% z/ yIt is like an unopened gift....3 }& {" J8 s4 c$ T- A2 e
# t$ a& K" I0 m( _- PThrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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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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\& c6 z2 u9 W- q, V4 k; NPLEASE 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.. q/ T( A% G" u/ p) d: w9 m
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.& S6 b1 d% d6 [# @, r
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
! q1 B( v( V' S2 D- v5 a4 ?9 gBy 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!# u0 U$ Q2 G- ]: O) B# F) i3 b: {
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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4 N9 [+ x+ C6 t( ~, @8 G5 B( O* ODr. Dennis Shields, Professor3 \$ N7 R8 ~7 r$ [6 h$ t) e ]( l ^
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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