[ I want to ask ]

I want to ask
how you've been doing at three a.m.
and what does it mean
that I'm always dreaming of sharks
and off-white pirate ships
painted red with old blood?
There's always some malfunction
and I can't tell if it's me
or I just keep forgetting to load the gun.

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