Useful Idiot – Written Wednesday 6th January 2025 (Aged 49)

Useful Idiot

I was—
at least—
a useful idiot…

Yet,
an idiot
nonetheless.

Not so much
on the frontline—
in corporate battledress.
More…
the court jester—
forced to juggle and jest.

But now I know
that whatever it was
that I was meant to do,
whatever expectation
or ongoing test,
however I was meant to be the best—

in the end,
I was a useful idiot,
one, at least, who tried their best.

And now I know
an unpalatable truth:
that our politics
are so very tough.

And a useful idiot
with a deadly dose of truth—
I was never enough.

James Garratt – Wednesday 6th January 2025

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