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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    £&§^-~....
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..~-^§&£@#         Dish As Large As Earth.          #@£&§^-~..
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....~-^§&£ We'Ve Learned  About Our Position In The £&§^-~....
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......~-^§ 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    @£&§^-~...
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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 ^-~.......
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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 -~........
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........~- I'M Gonna  Go Smoke  My  Third Cigarette -~........
.........~ This  Year And Try To Snatch Some  Beers ~.........
........~-         From The Local Beer Thing        -~........
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