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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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She 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.# w+ m; ]( {2 W
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.+ f& K$ S! O% L, x) R
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SLOW DANCE# F- P# y& g" J
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Have you ever watched kids' ^0 C$ x' P: |
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) Q* [8 d4 i+ sOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?: v' j/ o, x1 ?; [8 l5 Q2 q, N
* o+ N2 Q) E9 ?% P7 G( f2 QEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?; m8 {% z7 l" x+ q% h/ K
8 Q! w8 u1 Z4 e7 VYou better slow down.
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O. R( n" r. E0 H' KDon't dance so fast.3 o e- g+ \' V# }6 F) g
, a; E; A" _# V3 W& o& B) v0 UTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day! k1 P- {) d. s
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On the fly?
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When you ask How are you?7 Z1 N% l( u$ j
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Do you hear the reply?0 `7 C& U: p* }( d6 D+ i4 ?8 V
$ P6 ^4 n7 [6 E! _5 MWhen the day is done3 K4 h$ j; U3 r6 C
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% J0 o# R( ~$ ^Do you lie in your bed$ ?" a% [8 T7 Z7 ]0 \$ T
( s2 [- z3 {4 ]' u* C+ E1 HWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?6 e8 x( N7 ]+ w6 g( c) ~) ]. u9 Z0 W+ F
+ A2 L% n# O" @& ~You'd better slow down. H$ r" ]- _/ t: J
; D8 q8 g+ a5 q0 R7 rDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.; ~; _* z) l' u- Y! c* b5 j$ N- U2 i
/ H' E5 B# _0 YThe music won't last.( C4 s% j8 G z9 h& i+ V1 h' h
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* Z& V# _* k6 z2 o/ z) G3 I! j+ OEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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; F# |9 Y% \3 p- s8 P2 x: _And in your haste,
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* J8 I7 m Z1 \6 A. J. VNot see his sorrow?. _0 G- D# M- ?! x: e5 Y* {# j
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n4 [' p8 A' P0 oLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time* g9 B) Z7 S: ~" e1 Z' Y G
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" n2 c- T1 T% @! ?5 X tYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.$ E' P$ `+ T+ t3 B$ a% w* R# z7 q
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere7 i8 t+ z! R4 Y# @, W `4 \
% i$ K! J& O! dYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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& S7 ~+ j W- k1 DWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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; ]6 D% }# _3 n+ P/ R+ V+ `It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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, A$ {( x4 h3 ^- O. XLife is not a race.) J% y2 u5 a6 Z" G: x! ]. v
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Do take it slower0 }2 Q8 K& o$ x; U
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.% M9 {& r q9 B9 H8 S
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& R5 x* _1 a# w: h1 H3 tFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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) g" E% v/ C# h5 nDear All:" ^6 l- }3 a' I* G, ]. Z
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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.
" W( @ R& @$ P u$ T0 oThis 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.% H2 s* }; A3 `
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
8 e' D" n0 H' _9 ]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!$ r/ A. ]4 c9 h3 T9 U: t" |" h
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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1300 Morris Park Avenue
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