Ookpik

An Ookpik is nothing but hair.
If you shave him, he just isn't there.

He's never locked in the zoo.
He lives in a warm igloo.

He can whistle and dance on the walls.
He can dance on Niagara Falls.

He has nothing at all on his mind.
If you scratch him, he wags his behind.

He dances from morning to night.
Then he blinks. That turns out the light.

(Dennis Lee: From "Alligator Pie", 1974.)