CHAPTER 02 / TAGGED PRICE
Price arrives wearing a clean label.
The tag says $84. Carbon copy underneath whispers freight, fear, convenience, timing, and the cost of looking certain.
$84
marked before questions
TRANSLUCENT BUREAU DRAWER / NIGHT INTAKE
gabs.report
THE GAP REPORT
A mischievous autopsy of the private arguments between the number printed on a tag and the burden hidden behind it.
valuepricecost
WHAT DID THIS REALLY COST?
VALUE?
empty rectangles mark unreported value
PRICE?
the tag is a costume, not an answer
storage
delay
damage
apology
CHAPTER 03 / BURIED COST
Cost is folded until it looks small.
Every fold removes a witness. Every crease makes a burden easier to file and harder to remember.
17
¢ ¢ ¢
COST?
CHAPTER 04 / DECLARED VALUE
Value is declared after the room goes quiet.
A value is not a price with better lighting. It is the remaining sentence after receipts stop speaking.
DECLARED VALUEuseful / desired / defended
look here
VALUE VALUE VALUE
VALUE?
VALUE
PRICE
COST
CHAPTER 05 / FINAL MARGIN
For one second, the sheets agree.
Value minus price minus cost leaves the shape of the gap.
MARGIN IS A ROOM, NOT A LINE
REPORT DOES NOT CONVERT — IT CONFESSES