DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE Poem: Tuscany, by Ishan Katwal

have you seen an ant jump
have you had replacement surgery
a knee for a knee
have you seen people replace people
entirely

when you see an ant jump again
how do you know it’s the same one
people make memories
visiting tuscany
photos ahead of wineries
next year they visit again
and form new ones

and so we are always in a rush to replace
until one day we replace
ourselves
with our children
perhaps replace isn’t quite right
‘stack’ sounds about right
people never go away entirely
memories don’t either
and ants neither

if you keep stacking on top
the bottom, no matter how solid
starts giving way
and finally flattens
and so we’re just three dimensional objects
waiting to be photographs

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