Found This in My e-mail Box Today

The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semi-finalists: a) a Yale graduate; b) an Upper Michigander . They were given a single word, then allowed two minutes to come up with a poem containing that word. The word they were given was " TIMBUKTU ". The Yale graduate stepped up 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 Yooper top that, they thought. The Upper Michigander calmly made his way to the microphone, and recited: "ME AND TIM A HUNTIN' WENT, MET T'REE WHORES IN A POP-UP TENT. DEY WAS T'REE, AND WE WAS TWO SO I BUCKED ONE, AND TIMBUKTU ".