Men Unlike Others

<p><strong>There are NYC subway passengers sitting almost swirling across from you. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>No rhyme or reason as to <em>who</em> is next to <em>whom</em>. Worthy subjects apart or together for Norman Rockwell's brush Saul Bass's graphic hand or Johnny Francis Wolf's quill.</p><p><br></p><p>A battered old homeless man is given wide berth. Young gay couple share a giggle scantily clad and on their way to a Pride event. Little boy in Mother's lap staring charmed by a face. Blind man pets the dog asleep between familiar legs. </p><p><br></p><p>Businessman NY Times spread wide is distracted by the shirtless lads laughing to his right. Ladyboy prostitute in daring dress and heels hangs dearly on a subway handgrip. Priest standing facing door eyes averted toward our hooker wondering if the cleavage real ignores the beggar reaching out a hand for help.</p><p><br></p><p>Way over to our left a bearded man in red. Santa hat adorns his head.</p><p><br></p><p>No one is on their device.</p><p><br></p><p>----------</p><p><br></p><p><em>Insightful often painfully truthful writing about the vagaries of life as a far from 'one size fits all' person. Go Johnny!</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>- David Wagoner author of THE FLUTE MAKER'S APPRENTICE and QUEEN OF THE NIGHT</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Wolf has the most primal poetry around; you feel like you're deep in the wilderness of the human heart. There's a joy there an enthusiasm an excitement. He knows where the words are. It's a powerful thing to experience such tender yet intensely beautiful art. </em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>- Phoenix author of ROGUE</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Lyrical genius his verse unmatched by any writer in any century. Life sparkles through the veins of his stanzas; sadness love gratitude friendship loneliness ethereal joy and everything they contain inside their skins. Johnny's work is music to the hearts of those who truly love poetry.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>- Tanya Rakh author of HYDROGEN SOFI and WILDFLOWER HELL</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>His words are lenses that both reflect and probe deeper. His poems are the raw human condition while also being something more just as we are.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(228 230 235 1); color: rgba(5 5 5 1)> </em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>- Jessica Mandella author of HEAVEN'S BRIDES original recording artist</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>Johnny's poetry is artistically masterful. Each piece is a beautifully rhythmic adventure into unique worlds of penetrating imagery nostalgic sensibility and biting modernity.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>- John Drudge author of THE SEASONS OF US NEW DAYS and FRAGMENTS</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Lyrical graphic brutal tender quirky intimate and awesome - the work of Johnny W redefines the LGBTQIA rainbow through the multifaceted lenses of a life lived well embellished for farce filled with hope healing and laughter.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>- Carolyn Brissett of Translators Caf�� and World Cat Identities</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Treading lightly is for normies and honestly one of their worse ideas.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>- William Jackson Philosopher & Poet</strong></p>