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.....«;;*¤ ON EARTH  (THE  PLANET WHERE I  LIVE)  A ¤*;;«.....
.,«*§¤#### LOT OF US  HAVE  ANTENNAS ON OUR  HOUSES ####¤§*«,.
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.,«;;;§¤##    SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM   ##¤§;;;«,.
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.,«;*§¤### WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT  OUR POSITION IN THE ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤###      SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS     ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤### PLACEMENT   IN  THE  GALAXY,   AND   OUR ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤### GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN  THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§#### AND «OUR« LOCAL  CLUSTERS  PLACE  IN THE ####§*;«,.
.,«;*¤####          GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS          ####¤*;«,.
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.,«;*§¤### AND  WE'RE  MOVING  AROUND  THE  SUN  AT ###¤§*;«,.
..,«;**§§# VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND  THE #§§**;«,..
.,«;*§¤### CENTER  OF  THE  GALAXY AT VELOCITY  AND ###¤§*;«,.
....««*§§¤ THE  GALAXY  IS MOVING  TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¤§§*««....
....,«;§§¤    AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE   ¤§§;«,....
...««**¤¤¤ AROUND THE GALAXY.  AND WE  AS A SPECIES ¤¤¤**««...
.,«;*§¤### HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ###¤§*;«,.
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.,«;*§¤###   (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR    ###¤§*;«,.
....,;;**¤ RADIO  PROGRAMMES OUT  IN FUCKING  SPACE ¤**;;,....
.,«;*§¤### AT  THE  SPEED  OF LIGHT (LIGHT  IS  OUR ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤###  MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤###      DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE      ###¤§*;«,.
....,,;§##     COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS     ##§;,,....
.....,«;§#    FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS   #§;«,.....
.,«;*§¤### BEAMING  OF  ALL  OUR  SECRETS IN  EVERY ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤###          DIRECTION KNOWN TO US,          ###¤§*;«,.
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.,«;*§¤### MOST  OPPONENTS  TO INTELLIGENT LIFE  IN ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤### THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S  BECAUSE YOU  NEED ###¤§*;«,.
....,;;*¤# A  CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER  STAR AND  THE #¤*;;,....
.,«;*§¤### PLANET  NEEDS  TO  BE  AT  A  SEE-AND-SO ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤### DISTANCE AWAY FROM  THE STAR (LIKE THERE ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤###           HAS TO BE A PLANET!)           ###¤§*;«,.
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.,«;*§¤### BUT  REALLY   ISN'T   THAT  KEEPING  THE ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤###      DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX?      ###¤§*;«,.
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.,«;*§¤### I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE  NO ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤### IDEA WHAT  WE'RE DOING (AND  IT PROBABLY ###¤§*;«,.
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.,«;*§¤### I'M GONNA  GO  SMOKE MY  THIRD CIGARETTE ###¤§*;«,.
.,«;*§¤### THIS YEAR AND TRY  TO SNATCH SOME  BEERS ###¤§*;«,.
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