A Little Closer to the Edge

A Little Closer to the Edge

Ocean Vuong

Both chronologically and narratively, “A Little Closer to the Edge” comes before “Immigrant Haibun” and after “Aubade with Burning City”. This poem foreshadows the downfall of the relationship between Ocean Vuong’s parents that is detailed further in “Immigrant Haibun” after they escape from falling Saigon, Vietnam.