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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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* y! t5 b( b% M$ HShe wants to see how many people get her poem. 4 ]+ {" Y5 b! |1 G2 z3 ^
+ l' M5 X# [! l8 J RIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.. r& a+ {- n" ~$ U' G: 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.- ^. W, m9 X! X3 J
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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids% B1 A* y* u' s8 `8 f, H) }; Z& C
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4 w, p5 b) T' Q4 lOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?$ j/ Z3 l1 z% C, C8 @- ]
" p5 s/ t3 q' g) P4 U7 c# yEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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$ j# z' U( ^. f8 iYou better slow down.; }) D4 a) \+ W/ O
7 c/ N' O6 ?6 a; s, ^1 eDon't dance so fast.- F+ `) [! A$ h% j4 x- n
+ j8 n$ f3 {4 c- [* f8 dTime is short.
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- w A6 l9 |# w, R% E& s& KThe music won't last.2 @: E) y( c! x7 R: [' I
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Do you run through each day3 p' i- S1 M3 b9 l) q0 G: h1 j
+ i9 j2 d6 M# M) nOn the fly?
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$ ^. \2 R7 N. n" ?When you ask How are you?& i5 J# W* _/ S
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Do you hear the reply?. U. n3 W8 p# d, i$ q# S
' b% k& z' w) _/ M5 |# s/ vWhen the day is done" W8 y; H% e6 b$ R
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With the next hundred chores% b' P3 V' Y& e$ s; t3 j/ Y) `4 U
9 b9 n$ _9 J3 a: Z# qRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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8 M+ b3 z/ X3 j+ jDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.9 P# K, V) V5 c4 f( P9 |
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The music won't last.: p: R* m; D( ~5 d3 M! W
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Ever told your child,( z3 R, L! W1 e3 Q! _* N8 z
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And in your haste,4 C5 }$ ^, ~+ z- q
. ]0 l+ _ p8 v' S8 M) C, ZNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,3 `3 J) a: A. W" y: ^- _
$ P/ W% `9 E, K c3 g) RLet a good friendship die6 |" x# ^, r7 d' [/ P
' n; j) C p" e8 ?. ACause you never had time% e) ?: L, D% M4 Z2 V# V
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To call and say,"Hi"
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, O) u7 X k! H% }$ ]You'd better slow down., v; T8 Y9 o. K6 Q8 W
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.3 a6 K& z# a) I' }
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The music won't last.7 l( C( @. {1 R
5 t7 f, k5 `4 L9 UWhen you run so fast to get somewhere' p# ]0 T# d# J4 E8 o' n* P0 B
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You miss half the fun of getting there.9 n# \' R& s1 G- w" ?- v$ A. }5 ?
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Life is not a race.* H% x" A$ i; B$ m2 `
# c% T: ?! v5 p8 XDo take it slower
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- @7 I+ {2 Z( b) y8 I6 LHear the music; q, A# H) J! e* L o
$ |% p, r3 |- K2 `1 aBefore the song is over.) l2 y9 o( o. P2 N1 u
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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3 C6 @. ]+ S4 ~- d1 ZDear All:. S) t' k3 }) T! o
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7 K, U4 ]% \7 z1 VPLEASE 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.
, d7 X' ~: }( o. fThis 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.
3 a) J7 C, a5 w& A8 bShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
0 B* T" y# [# ~! N/ }- @" OBy 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!% | Y, c% m/ b0 o
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.7 T/ A0 o$ ]4 T; s
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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