How to get Monstera to grow new leaves?

Perth, Australia

Hi guys,
Not sure if this is the right spot to post this, but hopefully someone here can help! I’ve inherited a very old Monstera Deliciosa which is about 1.6m tall, but only has 2 leaves, both right up the top of its long, bare ‘trunk’! I’m just wondering if there’s a way to get the ‘trunk’ to sprout new leaves/a new growing tip?!
I was thinking of taking a cutting from it, thinking that might encourage new growing tips to emerge, but because these 2 leaves are so close together & the highest visible node/aerial root is underneath both leaves, taking a cutting would leave the trunk with no leaves at all... would that make the trunk just die? Because it would have no leaves to photosynthesise then...
Here’s a (really terrible) pic in case it helps!

Thumbnail by Ethand
Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a)

If it isn't growing you may have different issues...not a plant I know, honestly, but yes, I expect the trunk would die without those 2 leaves.

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