Redneck Poet
The National Poetry Contest had come down to the last
two, a Yale graduate and a redneck from Texas. They were
given a word, then they were allowed two minutes to study
the word and come up with a poem that contained the word.
The word that 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!
