Stop the Clock At fourteen I lost faith in men when my father told me he’d 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. She resides in Los Angeles, CA.
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