Fondly Used

The fresh patina of newness
is extremely pleasing to behold,
quite admirable in its sparkling
brightness of sterling presentation.
The assurances in newness of purity,
reliability, functionality and pristine
beauty enthralls and delights. We
regard new with tenderness, as
when we view the sweet gestures
of innocence and discovery in the
very young. Recalling when we
ourselves were new, absorbed in
our newness, fixated on it, eager
to advance our youth into experience
and yes, age. Not, however, unpleasantly
aged, for wrinkles and creases, subtly
malfunctioning senses and halting
mobility hold no appeal whatever.
Which, just incidentally, is an
impression shared by the no-longer 
new, whose well-used faculties have 
become worn and unreliable, themselves 
now ever so appreciative of past 
opportunity, gazing now with frankly
tender regard upon the innocent new.