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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. 8 e& l- x+ J0 m! G3 x) M+ E
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She wants to see how many people get her poem. ; d5 G1 s; w4 J( g( D
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It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.9 `- ~2 ?+ b | b w; H
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.% K, u6 D( z& i6 K- Q
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.6 Y: ~/ r' T9 e6 x
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6 @- ^6 s4 d$ |! z3 T0 t: SSLOW DANCE" Z4 G; F- d* B
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Have you ever watched kids6 F- P9 _! b8 {2 K2 }& ~, o" T x
3 F. G4 I) ~( N+ J0 X$ pOn a merry-go-round?4 S& B/ y' Q2 ]& \0 t9 c
! K3 O1 g8 @$ l, F, POr listened to the rain
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5 U0 _+ B$ U, R8 k/ \Slapping on the ground?
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O D9 C' N0 TEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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. p3 G* ^2 _( y+ iYou better slow down.4 B. Q M# a+ k9 Y4 n" B
6 Z5 B8 |1 i1 ?6 o( H( JDon't dance so fast.0 v( S& k/ i. {6 X
% p8 X( G, a% Y! q a9 c) z7 J. R. cTime is short.- ~5 b0 z# x: S
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The music won't last.' v$ j% O u$ @8 ^8 z
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* w- {8 Y# C1 b+ x R& `; ODo you run through each day7 L+ n* n9 j6 Z( S' U! z: r
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On the fly?3 B8 u4 y4 P: x- w9 A/ s
6 C* D& q4 D5 vWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done* m9 G a( W; {
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4 i ~8 o( p2 I( m. `0 hDo you lie in your bed6 B1 x' N, c5 d9 b4 Q2 E0 \
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With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?* Y$ O9 N& r( k' F
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast. s: x1 O1 O8 o0 [
6 N3 q9 a) ^5 ]Time is short.# T+ n; m. [! g. ~- T
- j( s; G: ^" n- J' n: H ]: W" t5 zThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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. e5 E& r: k. R8 c: m3 kWe'll do it tomorrow?6 R/ z3 I/ z/ ?9 e+ Z
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And in your haste,/ A, c1 } y' z! G8 ?: a
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Not see his sorrow?
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2 q: h: g `* v% B3 i" |' b' h; S2 N- L; sEver lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi": n7 N* ]5 }% J$ n# w/ x
6 `. q. R! h0 q/ Y) TYou'd better slow down.
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. d* a, {7 c. ]6 E5 v$ x4 |Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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0 c" W8 r- c- X- L" sThe music won't last.+ E5 ^$ @+ W: c5 M6 R8 @
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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1 R' v5 G' g9 p0 f9 rYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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' Y+ w# H( S1 Q! M3 {; pIt is like an unopened gift....! V. r. Z) Y; D' [" G, I
% |6 G! N4 T& AThrown away.
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. H: a: X$ \4 T6 G8 W( K7 wLife is not a race.
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. b: K: H1 O6 F+ m( Q/ J' PDo take it slower" a. v6 X+ ?- K: {
% q3 Z; S' I; N4 N; m, J( fHear the music7 l) Q! @) l# d, q7 O/ G
$ U0 D4 ?1 F3 L7 v0 H0 ]( nBefore the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.5 ^3 L& n' @1 p1 t3 r- T
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4 k4 r; a/ ?2 ]: K" y4 p: P$ V9 X9 ODear All:' M& A2 M ]& E; O5 _* I
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, V" ]% O+ W1 z, V8 a. i1 T$ 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.4 I! [, u8 `5 d7 e9 A1 m7 Q
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.) t- p2 M. i9 A5 M9 o
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
& K# M, ~% j x: M) R$ ~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 ?$ m4 Z$ S' |, ~8 ]% ?PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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: X! H' F$ \, i& _Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
/ ~5 l! r/ Z2 x2 EDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology( M/ Q( R9 S5 C4 d$ k7 @- q
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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