Bicycle Poem - 2

A wobble waiting in the shed A joke cracked by Victorian comedians A test of youthful instability A trial by tarmac An unyielding seat with changing views A wetter way of travelling through rain A soundless nemesis for pensioners A tin-tack gathering machine A complexity in ambulation A tool used by the mad or desperate A ticking mockery of balance A frame for shaming the unfit A creaking snail on hills A public declaration of pretence or poverty An undignified arrival and A bait for thieves