Coffee Therapy
Fernando A. Funes
Like my peasant ancestors in El Salvador, I too treat my undiagnosed ADHD with at least 4-5 cups of coffee a day. Not enough sleep, bits and bits and more bits, sudden outbursts of anger that seem to come from nowhere and dissipate as soon as they begin, and music, always music, or sports radio or the news or some background noise to block the unceasing Inner monologue I can't turn off. I am not my thoughts, but I can't stop them. They come at me, wave after wave. Delusions of grandeur punctuated with shame for not doing more, being more, for squandering gifts, privileges, and advantages no one before me has had. But coffee seems to do the trick (along with everything else).


Fernando Funes is a Latinx poet, comic, and show runner.
(Bio adapted from IG)