The National Poetry Contest

The National Poetry Contest had come down to two, an Oxford graduate and me . 

We were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word. The word we 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 I top that, they thought.

I calmly made my way to the microphone and recited:

Me and Tim a huntin' went.

Met three whores in a pop up tent.

They were three, and we were two,

So I bucked one, and Timbuktu!!.