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Poetry
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The finals of the National Poetry Contest last year 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 finalist was a red-neck
from Southeast Tennessee A & M. The rules of the contest required each finalist to
compose a four-line poem in one minute or less 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 red neck top that?! The clock
started again and the red neck sat in silent thought. Finally, in the last few seconds, he
jumped and recited:
Tim and me, a-huntin' went.
Met three whores in a pop-up tent.
They were three, we was two,
So, I bucked one and Timbuktu.
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