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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 ¶&:.,,,,,,
,,...-:&&¤ ¤&&:-...,,
,.-:%&¤¤¤¶ 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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,.-:%&¤¶## 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!) #¤%::::-.,
,.-:%&¤¶## ##¶¤&%:-.,
,.-:%&¤¶## BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ##¶¤&%:-.,
,,,,,,,-%¤ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¤%-,,,,,,,
,.-:%&¤¶## ##¶¤&%:-.,
,,,,,.-%¤# I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO #¤%-.,,,,,
,,,,,-:&¶# IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY #¶&:-,,,,,
,.-:%&¤¤¤¶ SHOWS) ¶¤¤¤&%:-.,
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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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