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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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5 q5 N5 m7 {! Q( ]& BShe wants to see how many people get her poem. ! z4 U- h) x+ {
! H- g* P" g. |1 y5 {( OIt 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.$ A7 A/ S8 [- a7 M2 M
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! W$ H7 |, z' d- iIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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5 S; K% _0 ?: a5 |SLOW DANCE/ c/ a/ H4 ?. x
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( ^$ B7 Y' S, L7 ^2 ?8 pHave you ever watched kids2 {8 r+ V6 F ]$ L
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On a merry-go-round?
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) m& ]5 N3 {6 H% c. X& x2 ^# m8 ~Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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$ ], W* g; q/ D: a/ |2 n6 wEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?: Q0 g- m' |: O$ l' g6 ~7 Z
! G' o5 ]5 v$ W& sOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?1 J6 Q* {9 ~7 B% _
5 H; L/ ~4 j* w0 q; QYou better slow down.8 j4 N6 _- h4 g% O
% @5 u6 H' W( k0 P) M7 X/ rDon't dance so fast.: p: f6 B5 t$ E& \
2 s/ Q/ m" N8 TTime is short.7 c( I8 l* m+ a% r: Z+ T
1 {% z& N* t% K; [" h8 EThe music won't last.
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4 l4 u- u- @2 s2 b9 f/ F' l' }1 n! uDo you run through each day7 u5 h+ a$ j8 x7 m o9 a3 Q0 o
/ |3 J% _+ i# cOn the fly?
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! b2 G+ Y1 }5 j* L4 ?+ |% ?7 IWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?( G4 b" E2 l% I7 S1 i8 V; u6 Y
4 G4 a8 S8 ~/ aWhen 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?
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) F' T, [* ?, b. l& T q4 dYou'd better slow down
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3 H8 ], a3 O& y# y r$ gDon't dance so fast.# H' }! y" i9 b9 F+ C/ ]8 W
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Time is short.
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# Y6 l5 o7 w6 h+ {& E4 nThe music won't last.- |0 {, E* Y2 s
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0 D' T( c& I$ J+ I' y) \/ kEver told your child,7 c c0 y0 Z2 U1 D! N* Y( N
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We'll do it tomorrow?( V, |8 l7 |: J
6 H' e# K- y5 E7 e- {' s2 C. h8 zAnd in your haste,
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8 v. E9 J8 K& }2 R; ONot see his sorrow?4 w) N# H# |3 M* F
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Ever lost touch,' a7 K0 y! }; U7 |: r: Z7 @2 j
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Let a good friendship die' ]9 n5 v! D; w
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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"8 Y. ]+ \# t' m% Z; i1 X4 p
- M% P" h. i! m) CYou'd better slow down.
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, w0 R8 T4 T* K9 @& N' GDon't dance so fast.
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% R* A- w' t8 { R* K# O6 c) y% yTime is short. |" z' H. s7 q1 W+ S% [4 L- a
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The music won't last.! d# B" w9 z7 i" ^
5 G* m" r2 Y8 u, C5 G3 ~! x+ T! kWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.2 @6 Q7 @9 ? \3 A$ Q/ Y. i1 @3 A
0 E' z: C$ i% F' y: C: F; ~( H) KWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....& ~1 q7 @7 |1 q5 J5 [
0 P; i- \1 e9 m- K% S0 AThrown away.
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Life is not a race.$ p; L* i V$ v' o2 ^
+ e3 i/ w, `" j" Q! k" X7 D2 E. XDo take it slower
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0 i" L# V. ^ ?: P5 i" PHear the music# W; [" M. E7 o- s. K
6 s3 u0 T8 s) |1 bBefore the song is over.* p; \8 C- K0 I3 n
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' M: `. W3 u; C8 CFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.) @7 ^$ X& L! N* n* i
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Dear All:& j) |/ T9 ]: F
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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.
+ y, R0 z* B& ^' z( e" \9 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.
! @8 L/ Z4 K6 {6 |She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
" G7 \( i, _6 f8 V" k/ q; RBy 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!# K5 e) f2 @" {6 k5 R5 |
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.0 C9 g0 [8 o, H2 o* D2 Q
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor4 P: l; y: b/ f7 F/ l
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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