AUSSIE POETRY
>
> An Australian Poetry
Competition held in the Sydney Opera House had
> Come down to two
finalists;
>
> A) The university graduate.
> B) An old
aboriginal man..
>
> They were given a word, and then allowed two
minutes to study the
> word and come up with a short four line poem
that contained the word.
>
>The word they were given on this occasion
was ' TIMBUKTU '.
>
>First to recite his poem was the university
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 old aboriginal top that,
>they thought.
>
>The old aboriginal man calmly made his 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 was two
> So I bucked one, and Timbuktu ....
>
> The aboriginal
man won.
>
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