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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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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.- u8 i, ?8 ^) K1 u& T4 ]
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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.2 V3 O+ ^" Y7 L2 w3 o+ P# x
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, e0 O6 k- [+ xSLOW DANCE
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( U8 A2 f B1 r: K9 d- C. t" {9 NHave you ever watched kids2 g( V) q1 ?4 l# x( Z6 c
. L6 v0 b+ _& |: ]- l3 Q5 yOn a merry-go-round?
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% C& D$ \. d8 Z9 _; S, U0 T- bOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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' q. B4 d6 { o$ M, ^Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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$ c( |; G m' V" ] Y) F2 C& T( XOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?1 h$ j& n: ]' O& N5 N' S) r2 Y
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You better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast. E, z8 e6 Y- C2 Z
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4 F/ ~- s, ^: G8 ~% TThe music won't last.
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9 J- d8 P, i7 sDo you run through each day
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. i: w+ f2 l( I* v+ Y, H |/ H; ZOn the fly?4 c4 S, X1 Z( |8 h/ f% z( ]$ A, u
1 D1 S1 Q) c0 y1 \ KWhen you ask How are you?( R$ d; s5 W1 d3 V2 A5 `$ P6 c @
4 H6 W$ V/ A8 \* Z* V1 RDo you hear the reply?
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' {0 u4 b+ z8 G( m/ [When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed; H( J$ ?3 W1 V; e- E) E
& W1 z- Y0 j. s+ n: I0 d1 S h3 LWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?! @5 T' {/ q5 p, I
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You'd better slow down
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8 ]. ~/ Z3 K+ J }. V: l( nDon't dance so fast./ v. Z) f6 s. e7 N
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.- O x: ]3 g/ x. y' o
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Ever told your child,. k& y6 j- t8 B' |+ N/ y
, s5 V# e" h8 zWe'll do it tomorrow?4 J1 r1 p/ S" A( C- i% E
, G: Q' r! Q8 [8 L! SAnd in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?. \/ y% V3 {" J
& x! O; P2 U: x$ fEver lost touch,
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& Q) T7 p$ U& r5 DLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time' Z* I( J& k( z$ u/ y
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9 ^: L2 w4 W5 A+ Z. y4 S2 IYou'd better slow down.; W7 |5 i0 ~% O- w
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Don't dance so fast.+ V/ c* p% v% t4 e7 f
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- D1 w% g: v. n/ [The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere( Q4 W! f& r! \; f. ^4 o: f
) ?0 t- K; e# G1 t3 y0 N0 y2 m7 |You miss half the fun of getting there.
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& ?4 Q; q* `0 H* E- L& t6 N+ nWhen you worry and hurry through your day,. ^8 h: Q( \9 q- h
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It is like an unopened gift....) X: A- m5 A$ }9 J$ f( Z' s/ f& H
, c+ w. C; K: a! I7 l8 VThrown away.6 @& N$ ~( \# V! m1 a7 {+ G
) m& V6 c0 T, k& kLife is not a race.5 N; ?9 m( B, B6 k8 e( ^+ v$ b6 d
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Do take it slower6 k, _; b- i* g. c! x7 s
: }8 R. O8 I, R" L9 vHear the music
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Before the song is over.+ N0 n' F- z0 p \8 D
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' N8 i% w$ |3 b3 [3 RFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.: v5 x r# V3 J$ `7 e8 s9 L
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/ x, [+ \* _' T6 X6 O7 K7 QDear All:" P# n& ~6 b) }" C t: O$ @
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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 N2 D' I4 w. M3 c- 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.: Y+ k6 A8 D9 C' o' s
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.; Q# Q# \; o5 m0 t& O A
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!
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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