The term "flying monkeys" — borrowed from the Wicked Witch's enforcers in The Wizard of Oz — refers to people who a narcissist recruits, whether consciously or unconsciously, to extend their reach, control, and influence beyond what they can achieve alone. Flying monkeys carry messages, gather information, deliver guilt or pressure, spread false narratives, and otherwise serve the narcissist's agenda, often while believing they are simply helping or mediating a conflict.
“Flying Monkeys in Narcissistic Abuse: What They Are and How to Protect Yourself” (Simply Psychology)
This project is based on a book that I have started writing, titled The ABCs of Trump’s Flying Monkeys. The book is going to be a collection of poems about Trump’s “enablers,” placed in alphabetical order. Each letter of the alphabet has at least one name (ex. Q’Anon) and some letters have more than one name (ex. B has 6 names). There are 60 names in all (and therefore 60 poems). I have written three poems already. I tried to use one of the almost 300 forms of poetry for each poem to give the book variety. “Pam Bondi” is an acrostic sonnet. “Vladimir Putin” is a haibun. And “I.C.E.” will be a set of acrostic haikus.
I’m not looking for satire or humor as much as I am looking for how each qualifies as a flying monkey according to the definition cited above, and what that person has done to earn that “honor.” Each of the poets who participate in this project will be recognized for the poem he/she wrote on the page with the poem, and a brief 3-4 sentence biography included in the back of the book.
Below is a list of the 60 flying monkeys I have identified and the role that entitles them to the title: (Once a name is taken by a poet, that poet’s name will appear next to the name of the flying monkey, in red.)
A Samuel Alito – US Supreme Court Justice - Pam Laskin
B Steve Bannon – Republican Political Operative - Alex S. Johnson
Scott Bessent – Secretary of the Treasury - Mike Jurkovic
Todd Blanche – US Attorney General - Rick Spisak
Pam Bondi – Former US Attorney General - Christopher Bogart
Gregory Bovino – Former Commander-at-Large, US Border Patrol
Doug Burgum – Secretary of the Interior
C Aileen Cannon – US District Court Judge - Rich Luc
Brendan Carr – Chairman of the F.C.C. - Rick Spisak
Roy Cohn – The Sorcerer - Raymond Nat Turner
Edward Coristine (“Big Balls”) – Head of Engineering, W.H.N.D.S - Christopher Bogart
D Department of War - Dario Cvencek
D.O.G.E. – Department of Government Efficiency - Raymond Nat Turner
Byron Donalds – US Representative (R/FL) - Pam Laskin
Sean Duffy – US Secretary of Transportation - Pam Laskin
E Larry and David Ellison – Billionaires, Co-Founders of Oracle, owners of Skydance-Paramount Global. - Richard Loranger
F Michael Flynn – Retired US Army Lieutenant General.
G Tulsi Gabbard – Director of National Intelligence
Kimberly Guilfoyle – former US Ambassador to Greece - Linda Muhlhausen
H Alina Habba – Counselor to the President
Natalie Harp – “Special” Presidential Assistant - Ellyn Maybe
Pete Hegseth – US Secretary of Defense - Alex S. Johnson
Tom Holman – Border Czar
I I.C.E. (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) - Dario Cvencek
Davis Ingle – White House Spokesman 1,500 Pardoned Insurrectionists, January 6, 2021 -
Christopher Bogart
J Mike Johnson – Speaker of the House of Representatives. - Mike Jurkovic
K Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – US Secretary of Health and Human Services. - Susanna Rich
Jared Kushner – Special Peace Envoy - Dario Cvencek
L Karoline Levitt – former White House Press Secretary - Susanna Rich
Howard Luttnick – US Secretary of Commerce - Canadian Poet
M Ghislaine Maxwell – Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator - Raymond Nat Turner
Linda McCann – US Secretary of Education
Mitch McConnell – US Senator, Tennessee - Patricia Carragon
Stephen Miller – Deputy Chief-of-Staff - Jan Steckel
Markwayne Mullen – US Secretary of Homeland Security - Sue Storts
Elon Musk – SGE of DOGE - John Trause
N Kristi Noem – Former Secretary of Homeland Security. - Pam Laskin
O Mehmet Oz – Administrator for the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services - Ameerah Shabazz
P Kash Patel – Director of the F.B.I.
Jeanine Pirro – US Attorney, District of Columbia
Владимир Путин/Vladimir Putin – President of The Russian Federation - Christopher Bogart
Q Q’Anon – “a baseless, far-right political conspiracy theory and political movement.” (Wikipedia) -Laura Daniels
R John Ratcliffe – Director of the C.I.A.
Brooke Rollins – US Secretary of Agriculture
Marco Rubio – US Secretary of State - Crystal Davis
S Tim Scott – US Senator (R/SC)
Elise Stefanik – US Ambassador to the U.N.
Roger Stone – Republican Political Operative
T Peter Theil – Billionaire, Founder of Palantir Technologies - Mike Jurkovic
Clarence Thomas – US Supreme Court Justice - Margaret Sáraco
D. J. T. Jr. – Eldest Son
U Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein – Billionaires, Major Contributors to the Republican Party
V J.D. Vance – Vice-President of the United States
Russell Vought – Director, OMB - Rick Spisak
W Susan Wiles – White House Chief-of-Staff - Angie Williams Brown
Steve Witkoff – Special Diplomatic Envoy
X Space X/Starlink – American Aerospace Technologies - John Trause
Y Ye/Kanye West – Rapper, songwriter and record producer - Alex S. Johnson
Z Lee Zeldin – Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency - Jennifer M. Phillips
Mark Zuckerberg – Founder, C.E.O. of Meta and Facebook - Crystal Davis
I encourage you to share this project description with fellow poets who you feel would be interested in participating. If you are interested in participating, please email me with the “monkey(s)” of your choice so that I can update the list.
Remember, while I don’t mind the list of monkeys expanding, and each poet taking up to three names, I only want to include one poem per monkey. I don’t want to give any one of them more attention than any of the others. Hopefully, that will be given to them in the future by a jury of their peers.
THEME: POETRY ANTHOLOGY
HOST: Christopher Bogart (Editor)
FEATURES: FULL LIST TO BE ANNOUNCED
PRICE: FREE
CONTACT: Email cabogart@aol.com to submit poem(s)
