Roddy Lumsden

Acid

“She was right. I had to find something new. There was only one thing for it.” My mother told it straight, London will finish you off, And I’d heard what Doctor Johnson said, When

Intramuros

She lies in her well-kept apartment Above the spick and span cathedral In the heart of the walled city Above Manila Bay and she dreams Of the great, ruined cities of Europe: Vienna crumbling