Alvah Allen

You don’t want the world to end but, you finally understand why it’s going to and probably should. It’ll be about 119 degrees in Anchorage tomorrow (that’s slightly above average) and yet apparently…

It would be more fun to say my telephone rests on the floor of the sea, but, it’s actually only a few feet down at the bottom of an aquarium. Still, I’m not…

Everyone wants to be a bird, but, not always for the right reasons. No one wants to be a flower, but, they wouldn’t mind being a lot like a flower.

You invited me to dinner, I went to dinner. Tom and Bob were there. They saw everything and they are willing to testify about

As a man, don’t you ever marvel at Peter O’Toole? Don’t you ever watch him do what he does and just marvel and wish you could be him. At how

There’s a man living in a recliner under the awning of a convenience store.

Damn, instant coffee is nasty. This tastes like the good people at Folger’s brewed it in my dog’s ass and then poured it over my cat’s ass. Oh, and we’re out of cream.…

I’m not singin’ a damn thing new but, I’m singin’ it over a raunchy, twangy tele and a fucked-up fiddle. If you don’t love me

I want to bring you the moon from Granada I want to cover it with clouds from Sevilla silvering over everything in Andalucía.

You’re an acquired taste. The poets already love you, of course, we talked about it and we totally get it. But, that’s our job: to spot the sublime

Commas are beautiful, take a breath, even if called for, take a breath, I wouldn’t use, take a breath,