Every Axolotl is Me

Every Axolotl is Me

by Christian Ward

Tape your eyelids to avoid missingthe flashgun of regeneration. Doctor Who has nothing on this Pokémon wannabe with troll doll fingers.Instagram perfect this Houdini is.Look how the audience coosat its childlike face, how it attractsadoration even when dressed in a mud-like shade when old.And all the while, the audience ages while it takes a second chance back into youth, back to a timewhen its body is a diorama of perfection.It ignores the rain redrafting the city,people’s lives and the undercurrents flowing everywhere. Every day is another page to be illustrated.Let the ink splash you it might say.

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Featured in our February 2023 issue, "Second Chance"