by johnny francis wolf
–
reflecting back
on what was
lack..
civility
for those who
dared
to live a truth
that others
found
offensive
early us were
squared
–
like mirrors silver
shiny glass
were fast
our
faces
fixed
in choices
people saw a self
in
them
when looking
past as
heard
our
voices
–
“same”
we’d say
would scoff
at us
with
“RAM IT
DOWN
OUR
THROATS!”
would cry
when all we
tried
was
whisper
“no..
are only
seeking
mercy”
my
–
way of thinking
holding hands
and
outward
signs
of rainbow
hues
are not a way
to
SCREAM
our worth
but
show the
colours
all
can
bruise
–
Johnny Francis Wolf
June 2024
Key West
–

Learn more about Johnny Francis Wolf’s books of poetry here.
Johnny Francis Wolf is an Autist — an autistic Artist. Designer, Model, Actor, Writer, and Hustler. Yes. That.
Worth a mention — his Acting obelisk — starring in the ill–famed and fated, 2006 indie film, TWO FRONT TEETH. The fact that it is free to watch on YouTube might say an awful lot about its standing with the Academy.
Homeless for the better part of these past 8 years, he surfs friends’ couches, shares the offered bed, relies on the kindness of strangers — paying when can, doing what will, performing odd jobs. (Of late.. Ranch Hand his favorite.)
From New York to LA, Taos and Santa Fe, Mojave Desert, Coast of North Carolina, points South and South East — considers himself blessed.
Johnny’s love of animals, boundless. Current position working on a hacienda in Florida as laborer and horse whisperer has recently come to its seasonal conclusion.
— Greyhound and the Jersey Shore are drawing him North.
Some of all this Bio is true — most of Wolf’s tales as well. Those illusory are hung on stories told him by dear friends or his own brush with similar, if not exactly the same.
