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¨¨¨¨,~/†¤#             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             #¤†/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,/§##     ####¨~~ Fermi'S Paradox ~~¨####      ##§/,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨,~~~~/§#             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             #§/~~~~,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,/†¤                                          ¤†/,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~/†§¤### 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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¨,~/†§¤###             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             ###¤§†/~,¨
¨,~/†¤####     ####¨~~ Fermi'S Paradox ~~¨####      ####¤†/~,¨
¨,~~~~/†§#             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             #§†/~~~~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,/§##                                          ##§/,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~/†§¤###              So Why Is That?             ###¤§†/~,¨
¨¨¨¨,~/§¤#                                          #¤§/~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,/†¤ 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 ###¤§†/~,¨
¨,~/†¤####                  Shows)                  ####¤†/~,¨
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¨,~/†§¤###             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             ###¤§†/~,¨
¨,~/†§####     ####¨~~ Fermi'S Paradox ~~¨####      ####§†/~,¨
¨,~/†§¤###             #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨#             ###¤§†/~,¨
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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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