Silica Gel

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The package proclaims
“Winter Harvest,” evoking notions
of pristine snow, white
as the poisonous silica gel is gel here a verb? Because
like blanched roe I'm thrown off by this like
hidden underneath seaweed sheets
that are fragile as stained glass.and fragile, I imagine roe as softly squishing like silica gel
Like the ocean reference, very 'deep'
A red exclamation mark
and a dying child with mouth agape
warns in Korean, Japanese,
English, Chinese: Poison! Danger! I'm wondering if these languages were chosen because the product says, 'made in the orient'
So, don't call it health food I cant imagine what food is packaged with these packets, maybe some medicine jars or clothing boxes
when you bring death
so close to my lips.

Really like what I'm reading, how the packages say do not eat, but it's compared to roe (edible fish?) And seaweed (also edible?) And harvest and all this food talk but it's poison.  I'm picturing Sylvia Plath trying to drown herself, blaming the packaging.