Floating Head
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The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semifinalists: a Yale Ph.D. candidate and a redneck from Alabama.
They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word.
The word they were given was "Timbuktu."
First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said:
"Slowly 'cross the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan.
Men on camels, two by two,
Destination: Timbuktu."
The crowd went crazy. There was no way the redneck could top that, they thought. However, the redneck calmly took his place on the stage 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."
They were given a word, then allowed two minutes to study the word and come up with a poem that contained the word.
The word they were given was "Timbuktu."
First to recite his poem was the Yale graduate. He stepped to the microphone and said:
"Slowly 'cross the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan.
Men on camels, two by two,
Destination: Timbuktu."
The crowd went crazy. There was no way the redneck could top that, they thought. However, the redneck calmly took his place on the stage 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."