Jesse Barrett
Storyteller, dreamer, doer. California transplant to NYC.
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Jesse Barrett
I Moved To New York City With No Job, No Friends, And Started A New LIfe
Sounds borderline insane, right? You have to be a little crazy to do something like this.
A Story About Your Ex Becoming Your Neighbor In Brooklyn
You begin sobbing on the subway. People are staring and you try holding it in but you can’t. The L train stops at Bedford Avenue and you hope he’ll board the train and see you. Maybe everything would go back to how it was when you two were happy — but he doesn’t.
To The Mother, Who Left Me For A Bottle Of Jack
I unlocked the door and the police found you passed out in the back room
Read This If The Weight Of The World Is Drowning You
While I can’t guess what might be drowning you today, I reach out my hand to you and say, I’m with you and I feel you and I hear you. We all become what we promise ourselves we won’t: selfish, arrogant, inconsiderate, unkind, intolerant.