Perishable Goods

I check the label: Perishable Good.
Surprising, their apparent need to say it.
I would have thought it plainly understood,
without the need to outwardly convey it,
that Good is precious. Breakable and fragile.
That barring extraordinary care -
and let us face it, few of us that agile,
that diligent and careful, as it were -
Yes, barring that, it's surely meant to perish,
disintegrate to ashes and to dust,
no matter that you claim to love and cherish
and honor and admire it. You must
do more than simply package it for travel…
Or risk whatever good it does, unravel.

Author notes: image generated by author prompt to Gemini