Poetry Contest....
Poetry Contest....
At the National Poetry Contest last year it came down to two finalists.
One was a Duke University Law School graduate from an upper crust
family; well-bred, well-connected, and all that goes with it. The other was a
redneck from Texas A&M.
The rules of the contest required each finalist to compose a four-line poem
in one minute and the poem had to contain the word "Timbuktu".
The Duke graduate went first. About thirty seconds after the clock
started he jumped up and recited the following poem.
Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked the dusty caravan.
Men on camels, two by two
Destination - Timbuktu
The audience went wild!!! How, they wondered, could the redneck beat that?
The clock started again and the redneck sat in silent thought. Finally,
in the last few seconds, he jumped up and recited:
Tim and me, a-huntin' went
Met three whores in a pop-up tent.
They were three, and we were two,
So I bucked one and Timbuktu.
