Polishing Glassware


︎︎︎ Gabrielle Woolley

︎ Aug 16, 2025

for so long, I have tried
to be the articulate woman

I have crumbed the table, wordlessly
sat on the edge
of the room

I have envied
the expectant, the mystic

at the corner
at night, I sell small fantasies
and imagine a life in which
I am the one taken care of
















Gabrielle Woolley is originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.