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#@$^/».,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,.»/^$@#
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/».,,,,,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,,,,,,.»/
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#@$^/».,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,.»/^$@#
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##@$^/».,, AND »OUR» LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,.»/^$@##
#@$^/».,,, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,,,.»/^$@#
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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 ,,,,,,,.»/
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/».,,,,,,, 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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#@$^/».,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,.»/^$@#
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###@$^/»., RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,.»/^$@###
##@$^/».,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,.»/^$@##
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$^/».,,,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,,,.»/^$
^/».,,,,,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,,,,,.»/^
/».,,,,,,, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,,,,,,,.»/
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@$^/».,,,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,,,.»/^$@
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