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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 2 f8 K7 ^% E8 @% l
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. ( c4 [6 G* q9 V1 l, M( \' t
( `/ @0 E4 L. q" L: I% M; R* kIt 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.0 a i) _- K0 @# D
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3 k, B( n! a7 x. i& j5 qIt! 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# O' c& ?0 k; _: a
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: a) P# \! X1 r6 gHave you ever watched kids5 T8 n. X3 R$ V1 H7 I; E4 V
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On a merry-go-round? j) W( y+ ~9 y- s, l
7 J8 y5 v5 P* X6 gOr listened to the rain
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7 V0 L" S, F7 o3 x% [1 uSlapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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# W$ l* f' A, ^7 J3 _0 aYou better slow down.3 x9 x; V1 a. O8 \( n
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Don't dance so fast.
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! f0 q6 u ]. ]8 U! m" n' DTime is short.7 m( b+ Q# B& B( `( k$ a
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day" I) s8 r( V0 Z$ z9 {' B
5 n2 t8 w* g, n: IOn the fly?* g+ E# Y$ t. a/ |, p2 y$ c: C/ |
$ S2 t+ D- \6 Z! _: {: tWhen you ask How are you?' [- q/ J7 F/ m0 Z" p- ?9 i
: N, U5 \0 L, U8 A' sDo you hear the reply?% H c0 d+ }7 `0 B: Q% r. `; N! j
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When the day is done
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8 |) Z" e% r' ~. A, e! h4 x4 cDo you lie in your bed
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# u/ D. k( W$ u lWith the next hundred chores# Q/ x) |/ M# d" p% p* E7 b8 j
. ^8 G9 ~4 \- ?1 E3 DRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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' x+ ~4 M W8 k1 z, t: W9 [, N# @/ eDon't dance so fast.
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7 D8 Q& O1 E; g* X/ OTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,# `! u9 |8 ~! j6 \
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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. E2 d( V# S6 c- D& M5 N& c0 H* wAnd in your haste,3 R% W' i# C, s* n
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Not see his sorrow?9 K! u% R2 i0 R/ C
1 |) _* [1 \, V- N$ J6 LEver lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die+ R1 i- ]8 Q& s4 L
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Cause you never had time& x( k+ c1 A: z3 H: Z" y
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To call and say,"Hi"
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* m* s3 O, |7 N [' A8 G% TYou'd better slow down.
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% g7 s; R- C% r$ f0 f8 LDon't dance so fast.6 T# Y# ~) C2 g. x1 `
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The music won't last.' u" ]* D8 R: W) R% Z r6 S5 n: E' E: K5 m
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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When you worry and hurry through your day,: \/ E) X. b. s8 T
2 `, b, Q( X* Q. jIt is like an unopened gift..... h3 I( x2 h$ D: v' y8 c; l+ y
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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4 k8 J5 h( E T8 P0 h PDo take it slower
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/ _7 P3 B5 A) H. c# i' ~/ tHear the music
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$ f B' n, m. {Before the song is over.
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3 H# L! R& Y" @- r3 u. pDear All:9 m! A# G7 Q5 I M6 ]* f, V* W
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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.
, [0 z; Q9 U$ @9 k3 x0 r! HThis 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.
, ^5 F& i! z7 C9 _She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
: [3 O# ]* K# @6 s* H5 N: ?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!: F2 z3 D/ s, D2 C
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.3 O. I$ ~8 N/ t# F) h
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor/ Q8 R! U; m* a( ?' F' `
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology7 z# r6 n+ v7 u/ [7 |8 S3 O
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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