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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.
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) L! a) {0 h( C fThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.7 N5 m9 N" L: K" |
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# z$ `* h2 {4 PIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.$ _4 b* d2 U W, M- g. N
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SLOW DANCE
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) G" d1 N+ i0 _7 iHave you ever watched kids& V0 I, o: S( N) F) W2 P6 D) n
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On a merry-go-round?! _0 P: U; ?; z/ k
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Or listened to the rain9 |9 j# K0 y* C- ]) H/ d1 S# z
: Q* l! u! C" }9 u$ u! t7 y+ ?Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?7 I7 m5 ~, ]& L( L- P
* Q( r4 p) h! J, p% [1 S( ZOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.8 D1 m% K+ \2 l' H0 }5 Y& k
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Don't dance so fast.2 ?, c. e; A( }$ _
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Time is short.( x; T. v- K+ }
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The music won't last.0 h" Q5 O8 {/ y. H" w) x
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* u7 V1 Q# g$ b" z) A7 x6 [" a+ JDo you run through each day
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On the fly?
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( `4 J- d) i/ gWhen you ask How are you?
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* _/ l7 W4 O9 W8 Q- R: c4 U" N7 hDo you hear the reply?
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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
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Running through your head?/ n6 q; T# @* L1 x' j+ o
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You'd better slow down( N0 O& B6 W* q3 M8 I
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.! d4 K* b- Z$ _4 s/ h
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?5 F X8 |6 Z/ ^9 k- T% i
( w% T5 {( E. R% KAnd in your haste,4 T* I( _: e/ y" M' c; \- r
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Not see his sorrow?! j: b1 K6 g9 K- k2 ?. {9 t- q
* K, C. s- u% |# C0 gEver lost touch,9 S* V7 H9 o7 k0 I
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Let a good friendship die
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0 ~( T% y( [7 }Cause you never had time
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- Q: \: O& p& ?$ U0 Z! iTo call and say,"Hi"7 G4 ]+ V$ M( U. _
3 f* r% G( V' OYou'd better slow down.
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1 A" P. O( s# D: \, @Don't dance so fast.+ V2 s/ g J9 n" A
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The music won't last.
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6 ~: J. J5 n2 m9 |9 ^( ~1 jWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,& d; u+ ^8 [2 J! K& V
2 A+ R- U/ {' x$ HIt is like an unopened gift..... v7 B, p+ b3 ]9 W9 o
' S E4 [1 d' c) u! h2 Q0 R% eThrown away.( z. A# L! ^- s, o
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5 W& d9 d3 ^- m {* bHear the music
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* J6 x% J+ E" o3 rBefore the song is over.
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* K* w& K( O, d! q1 AFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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6 S5 \7 v( N5 H" `0 |Dear All:- x$ x! q* p) t) O* P6 K# c
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! ^; @5 o2 L. P4 V% A. uPLEASE 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.1 s( X, K5 r4 {4 ^- @4 h
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.6 E% O/ X, G- a
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
; F6 U% B0 p' O( k$ n! |6 F3 f* aBy 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!6 v, d8 A7 o# x6 [( `2 \
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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1300 Morris Park Avenue/ ?4 Q' N5 _1 a9 k
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