Elevator in Saigon Dan Close and an unfinished poem

and an unfinished poem

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Crouching in the doorway of a bombed-out house

The Central Intelligence Agency is in crisis

Elevator in Saigon Dan Close and an unfinished poemA young Vietnamese woman living in Paris travels back to Saigon for her estranged mother's funeral. Her brother had recently built a new house in Saigon, including what was rumored to be the first elevator in a private home in the country, but days after moving in, their mother mysteriously fell down the elevator shaft, dying in an instant. After the funeral, the daughter becomes increasingly fascinated with her family's history and learns of an