Kiss Me Through the Phone; a Non-Exhaustive List of Men from Dating Apps Who I’ve Kissed*
by Aidan Aragon
The guy with the dick like a talon
who complimented my nail polish
while going down on me.
The guy who’s a flash of red light at 3 am
with fistfuls of my hair.
The Starbucks barista
handing my mom an iced macchiato
while his pineapple flavored vape rises in my throat.
The guy who bought me
a bacon egg and cheese croissant sandwich
from KwikTrip the day after.
The guy whose cigarette cough clung to my ear
like his saliva around my chin the whole drive home.
The recently graduated Funko Pop collector
who shared his poppers
and set the mood by playing New Girl
while fingering me.
The guy who
between feathered breaths
asked if I thought
he was fetishizing fat people.
The guy whose bed I slipped from
in an anxious fit
texting my friend from his dilapidated bathroom
before walking the 2 hours home while he snored,
blocking him and watching the sun rise.
Aidan Aragon (they/them) is a poet, recent college grad, and current fast food employee living in Wisconsin. Their work has been featured in Peach Mag, where they were shortlisted for the 2020 Peach Gold Prize, Hooligan Mag, and Voicemail Poems among others. You can find them online @aidanaragon (twitter/instagram/bluesky).