“Giraffe Riddle”

Description

Here we see a Sphinx with the head of a giraffe in laughing gesture. The silhouette of the figure competes for our attention in a play of foreground and background much as the poem in accompaniment describes the echo of laughter.  The paws of the creature, cross the threshold of what appears to be a ledge.  Is he in our space, or his?  Is he a statue or free to move about?

What is the riddle of this flirtatious fabled figure?