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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. $ `. S( v3 { q( C4 l! l
- }( o: @1 Z& d& t) t' H& JShe wants to see how many people get her poem.
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.- o- w( n N7 B4 ~
" I H3 S, P2 D+ [. W0 ^. TThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital./ N' ?% ? y) L+ `/ l& |
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. Y' T! t% [" u; hIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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% a) o# ~% w7 y$ X; WSLOW DANCE$ J3 }) P( u$ z+ m0 _0 n8 a
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Have you ever watched kids, d/ j% V& C1 f" m5 x; ^. ]
; E4 X5 H0 {9 K$ POn a merry-go-round?9 b6 y: C& V- y2 o
4 L. }) Y6 v+ z( b. M2 _Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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, j: [5 g9 t# N& [) VEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?( @8 O- U4 H9 o( {
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?5 b9 d. q( T5 J' C7 c+ c
; ?! f+ J3 Q8 O1 M! Y% qYou better slow down.9 g+ c, e& S/ t& E# B6 _) v2 f
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Don't dance so fast." u" H# ]% J* F
, O. ?& @6 A5 g* @. TTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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) }: {+ w) T9 K- D8 KDo you run through each day
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, `7 g" e# `0 v/ d. R6 HOn the fly?) w+ v) e, R% U* T' d1 E
0 Y' J" ^+ o$ t g. h" d7 ]When you ask How are you?
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9 _- K6 y- k# NDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done- i" ?3 A% ]) E1 ]; }0 j
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Do you lie in your bed6 e7 x+ i2 ?! i% I* r& _. X' ~ S
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With the next hundred chores- g5 x. V" P- Q5 s" X4 N- g) q
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Running through your head?7 J$ H- I4 Y$ p+ }) J/ L Z
4 h% j" E+ C% W6 X R' I2 A7 O, RYou'd better slow down4 I+ m" K* l* Y4 T( V/ Y
. m) _8 ^0 t* q# ADon't dance so fast.6 Z$ V: M. R0 N2 R5 w% ]
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/ Z, |9 b* K! i+ ^, dThe music won't last.
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2 \5 o+ v3 ~, z/ h' OEver told your child,
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3 V. g8 P. V3 B) ^- }6 KWe'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,/ L+ o5 M3 h# J( n- U$ g) X7 c6 J
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Not see his sorrow?9 q7 _9 ^ W3 C# {5 r
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Ever lost touch,) l2 ]# n5 J6 ~; J I1 B5 u
0 e( t( |! d0 e1 Q/ P8 a: S. JLet a good friendship die1 }' {) O6 }" h
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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi". J" k- @+ K9 y
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You'd better slow down.+ @, j. c9 q0 G% |3 q# Y+ d
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Don't dance so fast.+ e. {7 }0 x7 ]) F4 y* O) X
$ d3 l7 ^& c+ q* y; V) FTime is short.
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& A# m- y+ E1 g+ K E3 E/ B# ZThe music won't last./ J' i, d9 Y* D" S9 K3 P- a
2 N, A8 M& s5 yWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.& b$ | O5 K5 s5 x; I/ a& N8 }
g2 I9 G% z' F; OWhen you worry and hurry through your day,. A; R. s4 ~3 Z+ L9 ~1 Q9 a7 k
0 }- S3 C: p1 ^% `" ZIt is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.$ z- B/ |+ o0 T! a; b+ P( w+ k. a' R
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Life is not a race.0 ?3 n% T$ F, O& x, \
. Q5 R+ S' \! B( t: E, zDo take it slower
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Hear the music {. x0 C& |9 T" ?- d
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Before the song is over.0 X# C- k- U9 ?. O5 k1 D
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6 y m3 M& g0 D' g- x8 xFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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6 _7 B0 Y) Q4 G& z4 \1 q% HDear All:5 g0 ]- L7 n2 d6 \5 e
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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.
+ B, h9 [# i( D2 f T2 VThis 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 ]: `; u4 N, `; y$ ? E
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
* ]4 `4 Y4 X: D9 x+ s2 B5 E( |. EBy 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!% @: k0 E- s% l5 r' I( M
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor, s+ w1 `: @/ N. Q( `
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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