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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer. She wants to see how
many people get her poem. It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a
New York Hospital.. It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read
what is in the closing statement
after the poem.

SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask "How are you?"
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
"We'll do it tomorrow"?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,'Hi'
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL
COUNT.
This next part will make you cry!

Dear All: 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. 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.
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married
and have a
family of her own.

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!

PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.


Dr.
Dennis Shields, Professor
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx , New York
10461