{"id":2029,"date":"2022-09-25T18:44:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T22:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2026June\/?page_id=2029"},"modified":"2022-09-25T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T22:44:24","slug":"abie-irabor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/abie-irabor\/","title":{"rendered":"Abie Irabor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-normal-font-size\">Stop the Clock\n\nAt fourteen\nI lost faith in men\n\nwhen my father told me\nhe\u2019d be back.\n\nAll he left\nwas his golden clock.\n\nIt sat on the living room shelf\nringing by the hour.\n\nFor six years\nI watched its pendulum\n\nswing left to right\nsinging to my ears.\n\nEven years after I left\nthat clock will not stop\n\nuntil he returns.\n \n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abie Irabor<\/strong> is an American Nigerian writer and performing artist. Currently she is a reader for <em>Chestnut Review<\/em>; and currently working on her first chapbook. You can find her work in <em>Euphony Journal<\/em>. She resides in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop the Clock At fourteen I lost faith in men when my father told me he\u2019d be back. All he left was his golden clock. It sat on the living room shelf ringing by the hour. For six years I watched its pendulum swing left to right singing to my ears. Even years after I left that clock will not stop until he returns. Abie Irabor is an American Nigerian writer and performing artist. Currently she is a reader for Chestnut Review; and currently working on her first chapbook. You can find her work in Euphony Journal. 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