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The National Poetry Contest had come down to semi-finals between a Yale graduate and a redneck from Wyoming. They were both given a word, 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 confidently stepped to the microphone and said: “Slowly across the desert sand The crowd went crazy. No way could the redneck top this, they thought. The redneck, with sweat rolled down his face, made his way to the microphone and said: “A friend and I a hunting went, The redneck went to the finals.
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