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;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
§;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;§
$§;«,¨¨¨¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨¨¨¨,«;§$
#$§;«,¨¨¨¨ ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ¨¨¨¨,«;§$#
##$§;«,¨¨¨ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¨¨¨,«;§$##
###$§;«,¨¨ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¨¨,«;§$###
####$§;«,¨ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¨,«;§$####
###$§;«,¨¨ ANTENNA ARRAYS ¨¨,«;§$###
##$§;«,¨¨¨ WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¨¨¨,«;§$##
#$§;«,¨¨¨¨ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ¨¨¨¨,«;§$#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
§;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;§
$§;«,¨¨¨¨¨ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ¨¨¨¨¨,«;§$
#$§;«,¨¨¨¨ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ¨¨¨¨,«;§$#
##$§;«,¨¨¨ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¨¨¨,«;§$##
###$§;«,¨¨ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ¨¨,«;§$###
####$§;«,¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¨,«;§$####
###$§;«,¨¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¨¨,«;§$###
##$§;«,¨¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨¨¨,«;§$##
#$§;«,¨¨¨¨ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¨¨¨¨,«;§$#
$§;«,¨¨¨¨¨ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨,«;§$
§;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;§
;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;
§;«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;§
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###$§;«,¨¨ #¨¨¨««««««««¨¨¨# ¨¨,«;§$###
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###$§;«,¨¨ SO WHY IS THAT? ¨¨,«;§$###
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«;§
$§;«,¨¨¨¨¨ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¨¨¨¨¨,«;§$
#$§;«,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,«;§$#
##$§;«,¨¨¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨¨,«;§$##
###$§;«,¨¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨¨,«;§$###
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##$§;«,¨¨¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨¨¨,«;§$##
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#$§;«,¨¨¨¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨¨¨¨,«;§$#
##$§;«,¨¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨¨,«;§$##
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