A POLITICALLY CORRECT POETRY CONTEST

The National Poetry Contest had come down to two semi-finalists: a University of Toronto graduate, and a Grade Ten drop-out Newfoundlander.  The contestants were given a single word and were then permitted two minutes to compose a poem which contained that word.  The word given was TIMBUKTU.  After the commercial break (the contest was televised), the U of T graduate stepped to the microphone and recited:

Slowly across the desert sand

Trekked a lonely caravan –

Men on camels, two by two –

Destination:  Timbuktu.

The studio audience cheered wildly.  Surely, the Newfie would not top that effort.  There was a hush of anticipation as the latter calmly made his way to the microphone to recite:

Me and Tim a-huntin’ went,

Met t’ree gals in a pop-up tent;

Dey was t’ree, an’ we was two,

So I bucked one, and Timbuktu.

The Newfie won.