“Felix, Flowers, Flags & Poems” was performed in Chelsea, New York on the first Valentine’s Day after 9/11. My character “The Adenoid” led this improvised performance, selling authentic candy from Felix Gonzales Torres’ “Untitled (Placebo)” ($1.25), readings of love poems by Rumi ($1.00), plastic flowers, and American flags (both $.75) the entire afternoon. This piece questions how we place value, symbolic or monetary, on objects and what makes them authentic.