Long - 2 Poets Two men arrive at the pearly gates, each claiming to be famous poets. St. Peter cannot believe they both are poets, so he decides to give them a test. He tells them to compose a poem of 4 lines, with the last word being Timbuktu. He gives them 30 minutes. After the time is up, the first man approaches. He has on a tweed jacket, with patches on the elbows. His hair is combed, and he has a pipe in his teeth. He recites this poem: Across the hot Sarah sands Rode the dusty craven Man and camel, two by two. Destination, Timbuktu Peter is duly impressed. The next man approaches. he has on tattered jeans, and a straw hat. He has a long stalk of grass between what is left of his brown teeth. he begins: Tim and me a campin' we did went. We came across three girls a sleepin' in a tent. There was three of them, and just us two. So I bucked one, and Tim bucked two!