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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
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1 Z2 r6 w* U! Y8 D# c& `She wants to see how many people get her poem. ) }/ W' N `1 W" U( h$ }% [/ k5 ]% }
/ [/ k- G& F7 w* _3 oIt is quite the poem. Please pass it on.( n- b0 v! N! z
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.5 I* h$ t9 k* Q9 K# D; r
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.0 X: @4 t4 w" k! _* C- m
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& K/ R1 d1 ?: ISLOW DANCE# D, {) b# y# e ^# U
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# N1 g, R3 ]4 j/ X6 r/ R7 UHave you ever watched kids
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# T- G. s3 X; O# {# y. [On a merry-go-round?
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: M! m1 P" @5 z. M- |3 LOr listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?
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0 |% \' z: x% DEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?( }" ]2 t! D+ _4 G3 f
" K; t# M3 C) X) ^0 jOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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5 P6 m0 ^ g; t4 r* @: iYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.4 o H* `7 }9 |8 \' m
7 Z" ]1 [: v* D' W, CTime is short.1 d6 P- U/ R8 P2 w) ]8 n
6 G9 E3 Y! `% V2 c) z. O2 m/ lThe music won't last.$ a+ k9 A4 j( o5 o7 {1 a
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?
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( r2 `6 ?" ~( r! C) nWhen you ask How are you?. U, n, M, o7 _: N) ^2 S& h
+ m1 ~" m; s; P3 BDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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2 c8 \ ^* X7 ^8 z: ~# P6 IDo you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores
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4 ^. ~, Z8 ^- s: R# PRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down$ C5 q {/ H/ J% h8 a$ ]# [' S
2 v7 Q- [. `. e: b4 s3 o; EDon't dance so fast.
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9 z. @; R' X% }5 {' U2 yTime is short.1 J7 s7 c! a! G! l0 e
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,; p- R) [$ A9 |7 k
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?5 ?( |" o! g3 M
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Ever lost touch,( Z' r' V7 w% e! M/ {
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time3 p5 k+ @# @5 O; l; n! R8 U
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You'd better slow down.7 N1 {( \9 p9 ~: V! o# T" o( Z) M
# W5 r1 T: Z: ?/ p% fDon't dance so fast.
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" X6 u5 y* V2 ?+ z7 e2 UTime is short.3 c( m! @( b& L9 }) g7 P& {
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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& b6 m D2 v! J' CYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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L' v7 [, ?; Z0 n; R3 Q# RThrown away.
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6 }6 R" f4 k% {Life is not a race.
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r* X, Y/ v+ _: NDo take it slower: V& W" W$ Z+ Y4 A
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.0 B1 h7 z& s- I- V) [8 @
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/ P$ L5 X n/ O+ f8 KFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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]+ d8 `4 f: x! q8 b) j B5 n2 eDear All:
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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.
9 J' G z+ [: U0 a6 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.4 X; B+ E7 U/ \/ {3 S9 f @4 b
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
" X) [$ y% s& o6 T. [5 N* `: p: SBy 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!5 s" e7 \% h; E2 Y. B' t0 Q
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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6 {) w4 |; o) z9 {- CDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
* I" p8 V9 [5 A( c. QDepartment of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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