in the middle (3)

tia cowger

 

therewas space between us, front/ back, heads/tails. we were both penniless. I threw the water you pretended to drown in. i wished you everything/you wished for more.

 

your hand spread over my mouth. you’re drowning, drowning, drowning. i found that rusty wish in the river bed—wanted you/but, you didn’t want me.

 

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Tia Cowger is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University. A poet at heart, her work has been published in Eastern’s literary journal The Vehicle, Toe Good, Gone Lawn and others.