Isaac D. Smoak An Excerpt From My Moleskine 11/21 I could feel the matte tea coursin throu h my !lood stream.

"he room #as $uiet. I turned off the li hts and lit the candles so it #ould stick in my memory !etter. Falcon %my !est friend& sat across from me and #e talked. 'e talked a!out the mo(ie #e had )ust #atched* Annie Hall+ and !efore that Magnolia. Ama,in mo(ies. 'e talked a!out memories. I remem!er -.S. .e#is+ Out of the Silent Planet. An e(ent is full ro#n #hen it is remem!ered/ 'o#. 0emem!er/ 1ops I #rote it #ron . 2A pleasure is full ro#n only #hen it is remem!ered.3 'e sat in the car. My le s hu ed her. "hey could4(e s$uee,ed all the air out of her. She #as adora!le. -ute. I can4t descri!e ho# damn cute she #as. She #as my Sarah... 'e hadn4t had the easiest time !ein to ether that day. 5esterday she had !een so stressed. As she ets sometimes. She4s like her mom in that #ay. I #as tryin to help her !ut there #as tension. It #as !est #hen I left her to her packin . 6ut #hen #e ot in the car to o to the airport she #as mine a ain. "he tension #as one. Its not that I mind the tension. I mean I don4t. I learn to li(e #ith it. Its )ust that its not al#ays there. And its one and #e can sit to ether. And I can hu her #ith my le s and #e can talk in hushed tones a!out ho# to li(e to ether and lo(e each other. A!!i and Falcon sat in the front. A!!i felt a#k#ard. She could hear kissin noises comin from the !ackseat. I kne# Falcon didn4t mind it. 7e lo(es anythin that is !eautiful. And me and Sarah are !eautiful. Falcon is the !i est+ fattest 0omantic there is. She looked into my eyes. She #hispered in my ear. She hu ed me. 'hen #e ot to the airport she !rou ht me close+ our last minute alone in the !ack of the car. She lo(es me. She hu ed and kissed me. My Sarah. 'e ot out. Falcon and A!!i kissed ood!ye. 0ookies. I hu ed Sarah a!out ten times and kissed her one last time !efore the #omen exited+ triumphantly #ishin they could !e co#!oys ridin into the sunset+ !elie(in themsel(es to !e ready to o #hen e(ery step !etrayed the loss of Man in a 'oman4s life. 8ot Man exactly. Isaac Smoak and 9oshua Falcon :ri,,ard. 'e #ere no !etter thou h. 'e slinked !ack to our places in the car+ hun ry lions #ith nothin to do !ut #ait for our lionesses to retrun and !rin life to the pack. It #as comical. 1ur little+ tiny colle e sel(es. "he t#o irls #alkin !riskly throu h the automatic doors like 6ritish school irls too afraid to look !ack on their first day of classes. "he men dri(in off like ;<4s rock !and roupies follo#in a #ispy dream. 1ff #e #ent. A fi(e day !reak !e an. 11/2; 2"here is no ine(ita!ility if there is a #ill to pay attention.3 =Marshall Mc.uhan 11/2> 2Empo#erment (ersus ro#th. "hese #ords represent different #orld(ie#s. As -hristians #e don4t #ork to#ard empo#erment+ #e #ork for ro#th.3 =Dr. "omuletiu 11/2? 2My !ody is a portal to eternity.3 =Mrs. Schuschardt "hen Dr. Schuschardt #ent on* 2'e are the door from the physical into the spiritual. "hus+ I hold the po#er of the @ni(erse in my hands.3