The finals of last year's National Poetry Contest came down to two finalists. One was a University of Alabama Law School graduate from an upper crust family; well-bred, well-connected, and all that goes with it. The other finalist was a redneck from Auburn University in Alabama.
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 redneck top 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 was three, we was two,
So I bucked one and Timbuktu."
