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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. ( W% l5 _' t( X% n1 [9 M6 l
& ]& h6 B/ o) t% j" H7 TShe 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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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.! \6 A" N2 F# E0 R3 }3 f$ B
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* f9 o, K7 X; k5 s9 U8 t7 oIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.5 Q+ L! H6 [% k
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( ]+ B% Y3 ]3 H( I- x7 ~SLOW DANCE6 |+ ?- J, e2 [
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' y3 K0 N! N( `5 \1 y4 t; THave you ever watched kids
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; D' {; K( S& vOn a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain( O4 R/ q: w3 s1 H& f+ ^- z
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Slapping on the ground?5 A! j1 \) t2 {) `
7 |: |' K6 |. Z, X+ A+ bEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?) P5 o9 C" @$ q! |3 X( c2 J+ k
; p2 g1 ?+ `: V0 F& [& {: g3 BOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?% |2 j9 j8 `$ K3 d6 X' ]# K) r9 _
6 `4 {7 P. W! c5 e uYou better slow down.
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2 a1 p7 ]5 F+ \( D. @Don't dance so fast.$ R% U9 B$ H$ D' d
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Time is short.) X6 z+ Z8 ^+ Q
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The music won't last.( ~+ l' g U1 s& x/ @+ s* B) r
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Do you run through each day, E6 L$ r m- o1 {; l/ [
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On the fly?/ I4 m6 C, ^. F) r9 o
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When you ask How are you?. E% r7 J% c% ^9 J; E% N3 E {
! T$ s, `, |3 ^Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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! R/ v- v( Y _9 yDo you lie in your bed7 b5 Z; L2 T! S& w1 b
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With the next hundred chores
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2 b) R: \9 Q& x5 QRunning through your head?. d- Q; f- {8 }# D* V
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You'd better slow down9 M( q' p$ Y8 g% q. l
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.2 }6 m7 H$ ?# A5 b, ~
. `' R( v, S' UThe music won't last.2 K% Y( U& y' o, h1 p9 y
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/ Z$ ?6 E: {' I0 g, Z% x1 `Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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" F( o( b7 P$ V( t1 GAnd in your haste,1 l% i5 O3 T+ e
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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6 _; x# z; q6 }+ V* n6 ]; }; u: VLet a good friendship die6 V5 O, [# E! @, p2 O
7 ?6 `, q0 _: A0 k- ^0 l$ sCause you never had time: D: y4 L; W/ Z$ w7 x% b' z
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To call and say,"Hi"
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0 c' P F. ^. U& }1 i/ e$ _9 m) QYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.3 ^* y- c% ?. J8 R k; ~8 W
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Time is short.' t& r/ G0 T- i$ }* x$ p
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The music won't last.+ y( k& H9 f% h
}" }8 d5 n0 L" a% C' Z! NWhen you run so fast to get somewhere( c% w2 _, h0 h: i" s
' l7 C; o; Z$ MYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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- n2 u2 S! f) }( e; |When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....# i# C6 f5 w& L3 i
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Thrown away.+ k# W2 ]( E5 ~2 M- h( t$ m
9 c7 H: D: ~( N8 YLife is not a race." N5 [5 w3 N1 X( d6 J: q( L
1 R# m1 v5 E/ ?8 S# {Do take it slower
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Hear the music9 W- @9 s" P! u' \9 q/ d6 u P; h, a
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Before the song is over.$ G' z1 k) w$ _' ~! A- k
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:8 h+ \* @' m" {5 A- L2 _
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" C4 U) ~- q) I a+ w9 A- x8 [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.
8 M% J; l6 I2 Z3 s( u2 PThis 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.2 d @" w8 r) c4 w7 L
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.- p$ l* a$ c: w: q8 X: q6 ?
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!7 W$ b0 G5 w' ]+ _: q
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.. A+ }: Q' `6 e# O( f7 X- w
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor0 c* O# \, A# o2 \1 h
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology1 h: }$ G8 t: ^6 i9 T* ?/ @( S
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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