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THE DIAGNOSIS It’s฀genetic: my฀son’s฀a฀fire-walker. His฀thumbs฀limbo backwards.฀His฀brain smokes฀and฀stutters. Other฀boys are฀fire-tenders. Look฀how฀they฀earn their฀scout฀badges, leaning฀sticks฀to฀make฀a฀tiny tepee:฀brush฀and฀tinder. A฀fire-walker, whisper฀the฀normal moms฀in฀normal฀jeans. Their฀pens฀click. They฀X฀his฀name off฀their฀kid-party guest฀lists. They฀are฀totally.฀Fucking.฀Meticulous. What฀can฀I฀do฀but฀coax him฀over฀the฀embers? And฀if฀he฀cries฀(he฀will) I’ll฀say฀walk฀faster. 35 ...

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