by Julia Griffin

“[B]acklash over Mexico City’s ‘axolotlisation’ for World Cup: Mayor’s attempt to beautify the city with murals of [an axolotl] mascot and plum paint jobs criticised as waste of resources”
—The Guardian

Mexican killjoys! Who knows wotl
Come from Fiesta Axolotl?
Murals of the cute mascotl
Cheer folk more than any botl!
Represent their dainty motl
Widely, then, at fullest throtl,
Cry, in accents epiglotl:
“Thanxalotl, Axolotl!”