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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 3 l7 H, j: y( G! F) i+ b+ a% a$ H" g
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.
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$ t/ D6 X1 P/ E9 J8 UIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.* Q \2 e' x4 }) w( }" p
2 H+ O. q5 a5 Q/ {" K7 sThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.# z9 M* V, _! v& Y
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' J2 ]& o0 M. S% d" z9 UIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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% g+ @) D1 J9 Z5 }9 u7 R" j* b+ j% fSLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?2 X/ B; l; m- G0 F
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Or listened to the rain' {. U/ n! v' p( g u
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Slapping on the ground?
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1 B0 @1 }( n. E$ u% V# REver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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3 O; |+ J$ ^' Q- y7 sTime is short.; ?$ l; o3 l7 Q2 t, E
$ ?3 C7 C2 R; W5 C+ D" FThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day$ Q% D( M( _( u" M
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On the fly?. t; W0 F1 o( |/ x
2 N/ B H4 R- U- \# t/ E& ^When you ask How are you?! ]- E8 B+ a: [5 W, C
4 Y' T9 X9 s, ADo you hear the reply?7 u/ P4 L3 D: @; \
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When the day is done- K! c5 _9 e4 d9 s, ]( C
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' {* J) _! x$ m* L7 ODo you lie in your bed0 Q7 k) k& s7 p' U- B3 w2 W: b
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With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?0 k7 P0 M# k% l4 R
! B( u9 H" R0 G8 zYou'd better slow down) C5 o: e+ j' @$ t
8 b, N( x% L7 w8 z$ ~6 ODon't dance so fast.
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# I ^1 I$ |) W" i5 VTime is short.7 K8 {& `6 _" l- ~2 w
9 W# v6 k6 R( A8 K4 pThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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. f0 M, b- \/ w6 A% p5 sAnd in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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' E+ U% z. S9 Z9 F& gLet a good friendship die
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, ^- D& _% r; I1 m: I( X& O( xCause you never had time
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$ P9 M/ z G# _# q% {+ QYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.& I& k$ k2 x( k9 E9 i3 K7 |8 M1 S
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Time is short., @1 a9 h. H4 }
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere8 r R6 B# h' N5 X& I3 n4 m
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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9 h4 t2 R; m+ R9 uIt is like an unopened gift....
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5 g6 i2 ?0 m+ jThrown away." j% ] w$ y7 p+ A
: r7 X% P; z- _* \Life is not a race.
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5 Q# O! U" |! U+ H: j) vDo take it slower
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Hear the music% r, E. ~% s" a5 B0 C
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:- m8 S) [5 b/ Y- E7 E& ^
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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.
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She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.* E o- c) F9 u* u
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!
2 G7 x* E% G9 i" I! oPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST., A9 Q: {5 j3 B9 P( k) C* U
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
5 A6 J6 n( ]+ q4 HDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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