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HTML

<div class="container">
  <div class="item" style="background-color:pink;">foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar</div>
  <div class="item" style="background-color:grey;">quux quux quux quux quux quux quux</div>
</div>

CSS

.container {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;

}

.item {
  padding: 5px;
}

.item:first-child {
  order: 1;
}

.item:last-child {
  order: 3;
}

.container::before {
  order: 2;
  content: "";
  border-right: 2px solid red;
}