The Australian Poetry Competition was was on last night and it came down to two finalist.
A university graduate and and an old aboriginal elder.
For the final, both competitors would be given the same word and have 60 seconds to write a poem about it.
The compare announced, the word is Timbuktu and a hush fell across the audience. Both men quickly wrote their best effort and 60 seconds later, it was "pens down"
First up was the university graduate, his effort at the end of 60 seconds was.....
"Slowly across the desert sand,
trekked a lonely, caravan.
men on camels, two by two,
destination---- Timbuktu."
The crowd went wild, cheering and clapping.
No way, anyone was going to top that they thought.
The aboriginal elder picked up his piece of paper and preceded to recite his effort.
"Me and Tim, a hunting went,
we met three whores in a pop up tent.
They were three and we was two,
So i bucked one and Tim bucked two.
The aboriginal won.....