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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. " r( s$ e% F5 k$ g& u
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. ! _2 O6 W5 R" `1 V$ { W" N# a% v
6 Y1 J: y( @' Y/ v: L( AIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.. g `4 |6 N& n+ {! E- y: [+ t
# e( H# i, {3 u7 dThis 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.
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" B9 h4 S0 b) d3 f d* R: ESLOW DANCE3 u. ~5 s/ z1 x
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8 S' B0 M( O6 D3 [; ~Have you ever watched kids! z, `& I; V) x4 H0 e: w9 y
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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( ?& l6 C( `6 O' i1 t, l. AEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?# Y% Z: N$ \) u: N& s6 T
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You better slow down.
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) f& V+ v; v4 I& cDon't dance so fast.
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* B. E% D( Y( k9 s1 y$ _9 t' |* mTime is short.
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! F- C$ H. A/ ^/ a# l/ FThe music won't last.3 G$ L8 V. L q9 a" z( B
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Do you run through each day: Q& \$ t, _+ Z- U
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On the fly? p4 \; v8 B0 b' x* r( p! ?
; v9 V% q- u+ O- J( ]; xWhen you ask How are you?
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L0 `1 W R3 ?6 WDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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! I' Z+ y9 w6 \# v) c- fDo you lie in your bed
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+ Y' s8 s+ l: ~( |8 H0 X. O9 a: [' [With the next hundred chores) _5 Z& X, p+ z3 S4 u% n& N
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Running through your head?5 V1 M3 b6 W9 @( U T2 w0 R( g6 s
$ j* A9 n! u$ N7 J5 _* O& CYou'd better slow down: K3 t' h. I, z( v" d) ~
! M! R4 m$ p4 X) Y* k5 [) KDon't dance so fast.2 {+ H9 P n# }0 Y
# y* x/ t) T0 z8 w% M$ y1 [% vTime is short.* g7 E3 J- l: p! R% w& _! V0 q: P
( C: l- {1 w3 V; iThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?8 ^- M) w2 o) }$ R
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( K7 p' o6 s9 a* `) @* dNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,+ k; L0 H c8 i' s; b( x- _
" A; y4 v$ F% g' b! [" u0 {Let a good friendship die
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4 S. }" [0 J; ?) hYou'd better slow down.& @6 Z7 P0 W- W
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Don't dance so fast.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere4 U! ]) m2 T8 k0 j4 I
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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( D4 z2 I* l* u& j5 z: cThrown away.
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Life is not a race.0 r( v0 N# E0 A$ C+ n Y I+ \
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# w, Y- \5 q! t \9 mHear the music, b. A9 o. s& a9 q
2 Y1 w& a- a: [. G6 k* kBefore the song is over.: B& c8 m7 K6 H+ h6 F% n$ r
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Dear All:
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# H, \; J/ c# |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.
; L& S3 y7 x+ @, G0 C8 `3 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.
1 Z/ C6 O$ T( A, j' \* MShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
* z% @" Y; l% |' hBy 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!
9 m3 J4 ?& ^/ j3 W, i& e# c3 TPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor5 g, r1 W9 C9 R
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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