gabs.boo

was value / now question

The Cost Between the Tags

Every bargain leaves a ghost in the gap.

The tag twitches. Something underneath is still adding.

booth two / bargaining with echoes

VALUE

PRICE

COST

GAP

chalkboard arithmetic

value − price = appetite

///// //// / ///

MARKED DOWN

marked down from patience

$4 or four hours?

booth three / paper tunnel

ticket stubentry fee: attentionpaid in want

coupon confettisave 40%spend a little self

barcode tombstone|||| ||| ||||||here lies the impulse

Receipts whisper because totals are never finished.

booth four / the generous ghost

glows mint and expands the room until the ceiling forgets its price.

stamps coral labels on every promise, loud enough to look certain.

arrives late as a violet shadow and sits beside what you carried home.

audit:
the gap
still glows

VOIDSAVE?WANTOWEKEEP

final booth / no register

If price is the number on the tag, cost is the shadow that follows it home.

value what survives after wanting price what the sign admits aloud cost what the receipt learns later

EXIT through the luminous gap