Build a canoe out of plywood

To Valerie

This is the craft to suit your dreams
It is the design that you seek
Only a few tools are required
You should have her built in a week

Miracles can happen in sheds
Air can be contained, wood can bend
There's somethiing magic about it
With a canoe, you can transcend

Do your work patiently
It's an antidote to sorrow
Slowly, at night, she will emerge
Shining, beautiful and hollow

Now, push your craft onto a lake
Or sea loch, an emerald bay
Floats like a dream, prow a shark fin
All your troubles will float away