Earlier this month, a seal became a local celebrity when it took up residence in a pond outside of Boston. The seal eventually turned himself into the police station..
In a small pond landed a poor gray seal
Lookers came to look to see if it was real
I'm not sure if that seal had white stripes
He came via a river and through drainage pipes
They couldn't shoo away good ole Shoebert
The shape of this seal was too big for a shirt
I'm not sure if Shoebert wore shiny shoes
But Shoebert the seal was sure all over the news
With Shoebert's shape he couldn't hide behind shrubs
And that small pond was Shoebert's bathtub
Maybe Shoebert came there to visit a swan
Or maybe he came to run the Boston Marathon
Maybe Shoebert had been honking louder
Because he wanted some New England clam chowder
Maybe his grunts, growls and short barks
Were because he wanted to visit Fenway Park
Even though that seal had no identification
He decided to turn himself into the police station
The sheriff was nice and did not arrest him
They brought him to an aquarium where he could swim
They brought Shoebert back to the ocean
He slapped his short flippers into motion
Shoebert was happy back swimming with the sharks
But Shoebert missed out visiting Fenway Park