EDITED VERSION:

Honestly? Let the damn rain spatter you
like a lover or Farmington's Lagoon
rides: Rattle Snake Rapids, the famed Log Flume.
Utah is a desert, an arid bowl

of ribcage, half a sun-blanched skull, our palms.
Fox News predicts another tsunami,
or something similar: a burst fish tank
of sky or a wrung, ebon beach towel.

My co-workers gather, fearing the flu,
pneumonia, death-of-cold. I tell them to
relish this breath like ceasefire. Waterloo
is our state's new name--the bellicose flame

of Summer soused, outflanked. The lucky few
dance outside, alive: April rain in June.


OLD VERSION:

Honestly? Let it spatter you
like a lover or a Lagoon
ride: Rattle Snake Rapids, Log Flume.
Utah's a desert--arid bowl

of ribcage, sun-bleached bones, skull-mine.
Fox 13 News predicts a tsu-
nami, or something close to it.
Burst fish tank of sky, wrung towel.

Co-workers gather, fearing flu,
pneumonia, death-of-cold. I say
relish this breath. Waterloo
is our state's new name: sketchy flame

of Summer, drenched. The lucky few
dance outside: April rain in June.