Brian Lutz

COMFORTABLE IN THESE CLOTHES

Sister, these are the sinister whispers we spread:
Ministers & listeners forge tin gospels, sermonize

thinness & disguise love in window shows. About
what I have to say there are no Psalms. Forget

for a moment the earth & the restless necessity 
of the sea & the sacred settlement of the trees,

forget design & witness, the wings’ susurrus hush, 
forget, even, percentages, quanta, alternatives. 

This: There is a discomfort I feel always even in 
the tickle of your skin that you sing into belief.

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BRIAN LUTZ IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY WHERE HE HAS TAUGHT SINCE 2006. HE EARNED THIS PHD FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND HIS MFA FROM SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE OF LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY (NOW STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY). IN 2003 HE WAS NAMED POET LAUREATE OF BUCKS COUNTY, PA. HIS POETRY HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN NUMEROUS JOURNALS INCLUDING SLATE, POTOMAC REVIEW, LOUISVILLE REVIEW, POETRY EAST, AND CIMARRON REVIEW. BRIAN LIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH HIS WIFE, TWO KIDS AND THREE CATS.