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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 ,,~~~††#
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@##*†~,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,~†*##@
##****†»~, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,~»†****##
###@#&*»~, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,~»*@###
##@#&*†»~, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,~»†*@##
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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 ,,,~††*#
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###&**†»~, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,~»†**##
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##@#&*†»~, 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 ,,,~†††**#
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##@#&*†»~, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,~»†*@##
###@#&*†~, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,~†*@###
####&*†»~, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,~»†*###
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##@#&*†»~, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,~»†*@##
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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 ,,,~»»*#
#@#**»,,,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,,,»**#@#
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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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