Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Nightshift” (April 2017)

Worth
By Marc Carver

I had been wandering around for most of the day
when I decided to go into the charity shop.
I thought about saying it before I did but still I went on.
“If I donated myself do you think you could sell me?” I said to the woman behind the counter.
“How much do you think you are worth?”
“Not very much,” I said