
Place a foot upon a pedal,
Put your pedal-pushers on;
To the pedal pin a paddle,
Paddle-pedal push upon.
Place the paddle-pedal-cycle
On a puddle in the park;
Paddle addled through the puddle,
Pump the pedal till it's dark.
On the puddle-pedal-paddler
Place a poodle with a pail:
Let the addled paddle-pedaller's
Puddle-poodle bail.
Dennis Lee, "Bike-Twister" from Garbage Delight. Copyright © 1977 by Dennis Lee. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, HarperCollins Publisher Ltd.
Source: Garbage Delight (HarperCollins Publisher Ltd, 2012)