Poetry Competition

Enright

The Australian Poetry Competition had come down to two finalists - one a university graduate and and the other an old Aboriginal.
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 was "TIMBUKTU".



First to recite his poem was the university graduate. He stepped upto the microphone and said:


"Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan;
Men on camels, two by two;
Destination TIMBUKTU."



The crowd applauded. No way could the old Abbo top that, they thought.
The old Aboriginal calmly made his way to the microphone and said:


"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."


He won.