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I Wrote Back the Book That My Mother Burned
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When I was fourteen, my mother said, if you don't do your homework, I will burn your books. I didn't wait for her to make a move. I piled all the homework on the kitchen floor, poured oil on it, and lit it myself. When the flames started, she was chopping vegetables nearby. The knife chopped on the cutting board, thump, thump, thump. Didn't stop him, didn't scold him, didn't even look at him. That was the first time I spoke with fire. Later, the whole class took advantage of my absence to sign
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