Brandon Toh

Possessed by a Dying Tongue

Possessed by a Dying Tongue

My mother used to say that the gods were crying when it rained; my father said that they were pissing. That was in the early 2000s, when the news reported on the dangers of acid rain. Singaporeans fooled themselves into believing that the rain smelled sharp and sour, that it pockmarked the concrete sidewalks. Rain …

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