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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.
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: e5 G1 E/ ~& A1 iIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on." T8 C: s4 A0 |/ g7 `# d
3 T6 h A/ |( v" s- Z( n" VThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.9 D8 Y- }9 ~7 s( \, m7 n9 t
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$ N$ Q6 i' N: v7 T- N8 A& E4 RIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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$ S9 ^" Q: [0 R! R0 vSLOW DANCE
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. M o$ @- g" s3 q$ ^4 ^Have you ever watched kids9 ^4 `5 p( h. U( R
! j4 F# r/ U7 T, m5 h" |, G" bOn a merry-go-round?+ l* P! U5 X# G" T
' S3 ]3 b, L8 Z5 F0 N8 fOr listened to the rain
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" j5 ^( I: d$ B, CSlapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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+ {! V- Y9 c! J* h+ E# aOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?+ H# D' H2 ~# j B$ P' Q
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You better slow down.8 e0 h% Y- v. F7 ?' }
, X) h Q9 m5 ?2 VDon't dance so fast.+ t5 r" U2 s. [ f/ W" X1 S+ e$ i
- q5 B6 ^ Y3 s0 TTime is short.# j4 U# a. {( J6 n$ n
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The music won't last.* q9 N1 W4 [& g# M8 m- ~
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Do you run through each day
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When you ask How are you?& n' D+ u" m& ]" D" H
& U( C& f5 \+ a( y5 g+ xDo you hear the reply?4 i) p! W! D, {- u
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores# H% T1 W& U& d$ Z4 I6 |8 r
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Running through your head?: X" V% n3 @2 S* v1 |+ G5 w
( x, _# y7 Y3 D$ |% y9 G6 \: k9 aYou'd better slow down
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, _, u2 r( C* o) v- D0 i6 {Don't dance so fast.
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, e3 `( Z4 ~9 E- ^Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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& P, i5 ?& v( B. o8 q8 nEver told your child,
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' X9 G% y) ^/ LWe'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,$ U9 ]7 H4 v! l! J
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Ever lost touch,
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4 G" U! i; C! y. V) T" OLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time2 b5 ^; l" `5 k* a+ {0 }2 S
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To call and say,"Hi"+ c) X- b. ]+ n3 w) \
. _" u N& ^% c5 O* D \0 FYou'd better slow down., z8 o4 f4 b d
" l$ O4 C2 ?$ ^ I. N+ N' QDon't dance so fast." C% ~% w p( n: W- Q/ T# |
. ?6 w! [& N. q- B0 E& p+ iTime is short.
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The music won't last.9 Z8 b* D$ F# C9 j2 E
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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B1 G, c" ]* I- _2 V3 OWhen you worry and hurry through your day,1 f( x7 z& U L0 b5 P( C# T
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.& D3 ^2 a, }- L4 [* F c/ T
# Y5 g$ _, `! R; q' \' t& JLife is not a race.
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2 |5 J# V8 z, KDo take it slower/ Z" k& p% L( m/ I4 Z9 X; M1 d
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Hear the music
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; l' Z H0 ], n) bBefore the song is over.+ c: p$ r- E2 n4 y. E: n( `+ y
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.) F1 B+ c# N! Z, B2 S& p
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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.7 Q# Q3 C! d+ o w2 m; y
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., v6 n- D3 Z0 x5 p$ _2 A4 t0 z
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
1 L: n$ k) ?0 p# w* h3 W) UBy 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!/ ~ Q. I# m! |1 x( U; D" i
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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: _' G7 Z" c! Y4 P) N! A' UDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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