The
National Poetry Contest had come down to two, a Yale graduate and a
redneck from Texas. They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to
study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word
they were given was "Timbuktu."
First
to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the
microphone and said:
Slowly
across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan;
Men on camels, two by two
Destination Timbuktu.
The
crowd went crazy! No way could the redneck top that, they
thought. The redneck calmly made his way to the microphone and recited:
Me
and Tim a huntin' went.
Met three whores in a pop up tent.
They was three, and we was two,
So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.
The
redneck won hands down!
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