Longboat

I built a longboat

'It'll never float'

They said

'Its got too much on board'

'He should stick to one kind of cargo instead'

'He'll never make it to the Americas with this kind of folly.'

'I tell you he'll have egg on his face by golly'

In their simplicity they failed to realise

That I built this ship

Full of cargo and crafts

To give my warrior childhood

A Viking burial

I never thought I would be conventionally successful in every one

Of the fields of endeavour with which I filled my craft

I can do the math

I'm not fucking daft!!!

Povey 2013