What I Wanted by Margaret Chula
published in Cordella Magazine, Issue 7 What I Wanted by Margaret Chula All my life, I wanted to ride bareback on a tiger through the jungles of Borneo, to race by warthogs gorging on pineapples, past headhunters with their poisonous darts sheathed, mouths agape. I wanted to outstrip Lady Godiva—her everlasting tresses, her smirk of satisfaction shocking even Adam and Eve as they cavorted in their own pleasure. I wanted to be a swan on a lake in Shangri-La, folding my wings a