Damage

Damage needs gentle handling;
drop them and they'll splatter, not bounce
but don't overlook the shelf;
there are good things to be found
among the rejects
the seconds
and the third-time-arounds.

For, believe me, those hard corners
are better knocked-off;
the rounded will roll,
over-ripe equates to sweet,
used beckons experience,
and you are still virginal to me.