The Help

Hello hello hello 😊 

I've another Random Word poem for you today.
The words are:

icon; stranger; standing; patient; jigsaw; dentist; sock (?! ...there's always one..).

So, yes, the challenge is to fit the words -in one form or another- into one poem. 

And yes, it's meant to be a short piece. Um, ah..yeah. This piece kind of took on a life of its own (as is often the way!).... 



The Help


She stood in front of me,

This pretty stranger,

Pretty strange to me;

That mile-wide smile

Revealing million dollar ivories

Any dentist would be proud of,

Socks pulled high to alabaster knees

Pertly peeked there from beneath,

But it was the plastered perfect smile

That made me feel uneasy,

Like a picture-perfect jigsaw

With one vital missing piece,

She blatantly was beautiful

But (to me) lacked something underneath..


She patiently awaited 

My perusing her appearance;

Ivories unabated

Just enhancing my disturbance,

“Icon of our time” they claimed

“Your very own Miss Poppins”

“Payment plans available”

“Including worldwide post and packing”

“Reliably rechargeable”

“Made sustainably in China”
“Pre-programmed capabilities”

“(soft-touch peach-skin outer extra)”

I looked at her;

She gazed through me

With vacant eyes

That joyless grin,

I’d seen enough

She creeped me out -

I grabbed the box

And stuffed her in,

Return to sender

Thanks a lot

But not for me this A.I. bot!



By Mel White 2026


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