unconventional wisdom in poetry

the giant sea-creature holds your corpse
up to its not-quite-as-gigantic child’s ear
“see, honey?” it bellows to its spawn
“it sounds like the dry land!”

two giant bird-monsters feast on a wild boar
one notes that it tastes like human but the other retorts
“everything tastes like human to you”

Mothra picks up a human being in a thick down jacket
then thoughtfully comments to Godzilla
“you can tell winter’s coming from their coats”

if you wanna repel flies like any sane person would
put out vinegar, don’t waste your honey
save it for tea or something

two clouds hover over a crowd
one says to the other
“you know, if you squint
they kind of look like a cumulus”

pennies saved or pennies earned?
billionaires inherit or steal, they don’t save or earn
they worry you about pennies as a distraction

“sleep in” said the old worm to the wormlets
“for it is the ambitious worms who are devoured
by that goddamned asshole early bird”