will we be taking family photographs together—we and you our future clones—how will we tell years later who is who is who is who is who is who—will we stand in the middle because we are the original—and you copies fan out around us in what kind of order—who do we like the best today—who does the photographer think has the brightest twinkle in their eye eye eye—do we all wear the same outfit where can we get so many of the same outfit—by then all the stores will sell so many of the same outfit—don’t be ugly today or if you do don’t go outside because we don’t want anyone to see us—looking so ugly or shabby or old or female—when you’re looking so female older female just stay inside nobody wants to see that—in such bright light at least bring some shade—or your shadow who isn’t the wrong color—and your shadow no one can see our face our dot our aging dot not as dot-like as it used to be

6.

we have been making a documentary of these fetuses—sonograms just photographic slices now also 3-D imaging—still all that blur but no fetus is the wrong color—sometimes the wrong gender the wrong gender in the dark—sometimes the face the dot of the fetus is facing away from us—as if it doesn’t want to see us doesn’t want us to see us ourselves their future our origins

7.

in all the movies and television shows and books about clones—dear future clones they are always never actual clones—they are actors photographed again again again—but we are never fooled although we love being fooled all the time—we are afraid of the times we are not fooled—in our lives we don’t actually own anything although we pay for things—we will pay for everything for you because you are our future—we didn’t know we wanted to be immortal—but could you please not get yourselves into as much pain—we are worried about what all that pain will mean—will it be our fault—will it be our problem—will it be our future—my pain is your past but you might forget me l mean us we mean us

8.

to love the look of our own blood—because it spelled things it spells things for us—anything that was inside us recently was us—we know Freud would agree and Freud is still inside me meaning us—he might not want to be us—he never dreamed about us—Freud where are you in our body