The National Poetry Contest had come down to two, a Yale graduate and a Jamaican Rastaman. They were given a word, and 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 across the desert sand, trekked a lonely caravan; Men on camels two by two, Destination - Timbuktu
The crowd went crazy! No way could the Rastaman top that, they thought.
The Rastaman 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 buck one, and Timbuktu.