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Charlie Petch

@sawpoet.bsky.social

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They/he - Poet, playwright, librettist, founder of @queerslam & musical saw player. "Why I Was Late" with @BrickBooks ReLit award winner.


Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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The news
is getting to me
but I can’t stop watching
because I’m worried
if I do
it will attack me
from behind
#MicroPoetry

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It's so horrifying

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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I hear people are upset about the amount of people also protesting the war in Palest1ne during pride marches. Do they not realize pride is a protest? That queer and trans people are amongst those killed in this horrific moment in history? We are not free until we are all free. Period.

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Happy fkn priiiide

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Very awkward start to the trans march when the police siren is the backdrop. So many spinnjng police lights too. Thanks for both disabling me and reminding me of past police trauma. Couldn't be prouder.

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Delia Bo Delia, the lie, the legend, the legion, reflects on her desire to sissy all of our walks

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From left to right, my Mom, myself and Delia the dog.

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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More proof of gay paw paw energy

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Hi Tolu, so nice to see you here in skies of blue

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Looking for pronouns and where in the world they live and the lineages that shaped them. Also I love an animal making it into a bio and especially if they do other artistic practice

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In a strange rurn of events I am mainling Kill Tony and I blame the 90's for this

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Had a cute birthday yesterday. I have the best friends and check my mom, she's eighty freaking four!

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Love an ally/accomplice

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Anything can be a severance package if you call it that

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Mekka Okereke's avatar Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com
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Juneteenth does not celebrate "When news of the end of slavery finally reached Texas." Juneteenth celebrates when the racist people in Texas that tried to hold on to slavery for as long as they could even after it was abolished, finally couldn't keep up the lie anymore.

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Halfway through Danny Ramadan's @dannyr.bsky.social new book "Crooked Teeth". I love a novel that has such a clear vocal quality. Also enjoying it's oddities, how it jumps all over time, and 4th walls crashing down. Really a great read. I call the photo Memoir, avec des chiens. Models: Tempo & Deila

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Hi sky bluebies, today is sponsored by Celsius and Fahrenheit, and the climate change we still are vastly ignoring. Pretending things don't exist doesn't make them go away. COVID anyone?

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Some days are all overwhelm getting so deep into you only a bestie can see it. Thank goodness for besties

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Themperor Kennedée🐸🏳️‍🌈's avatar Themperor Kennedée🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social
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"Expand public transit and make it free? And who's gonna pay for that?" Me you fucking goofy bastard. I pay taxes. give me healthcare instead of buying another 700,000 tear gas canisters for the police to spray on my friends.

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Some crypto bro stole my Instagram so I guess you all get to see my occasional selfie habit. This is pre haircut morning Charlie before chores.

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Sage 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Sage 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social
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given the horrifying amount of journalists who have been murdered by the Israeli military since the start of this most recent round of genocide, i’m unfortunately not surprised there is less reporting data coming out of gaza. 😬

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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I really want to hype friend's books and I'm finally getting time to catch up on reading but X is hell, here I am still searching for people FB is dead and my insta was stolen by a crypto bro. Which all proves, books outlast everything. Also read Terrarium by Matthew Walsh I loved it.

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Gonna be a messy travel to tonight's show. Be careful and make time for the snow! @beyondwallsTPM just a few tickets left for Saturday! passemuraille.ca/hotdog/

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After this film, all newborns crying make me think of this

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Did my first little trip away from the house. Just to go pick up some food. Delia did so well. Also today was a play with cousin Lukas. Pretty cute day.

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This new anti anxiety medication is really working well.

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Anyone else faint while watching people stir mashed potatoes? I can't be the only lucky one lol

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Elly's avatar Elly @ellyzoe.bsky.social
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How to handle an epidemic of disability? Rewrite the rules so a TON of those folks aren’t legally disabled anymore. What epidemic? This is as brilliant as ending COVID by no longer tracking it.

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So I might foster a sweet little 65 pound boxer named Bruno for the next while. Prepare for maximum posting of this cutie pie

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Sometimes living in the ultimate slam poem situation just burns out your glandular system. But hey... it will all be worth it someday right?

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So honoured to be sharing pages with @arcpoetry Disability Desirability poets, curated by @beyondtherese already loving @brandonwintpoet work and looking forward to @jacobscheier @KellyS_Thompson @brandibird_ Tyler Pennock and so many more #Disability

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Dr. Lucky Tran's avatar Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social
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A whiteboard in a Gaza hospital, which usually tracks upcoming surgeries, is wiped clean and instead now displays this message: WHOEVER STAYS UNTIL THE END WILL TELL THE STORY WE DID WHAT WE COULD *REMEMBER US* (Source: Doctors Without Borders)

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TestostEmu is very excited for tonight's show. Doors are open at TTOK in Peterborough, Nogojiwanong

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Putting off a decision around dog adoption means I am super into being a dogsitter. Three little sweeties in just one week. Oh my heart.

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Not to brag, but this doggy is staying with me this weekend while pawrent Janice Lee is at Words Aloud in Owen Sound. I got Tempo a little bed to celebrate me being able to take care of her more often. Thank you public health care. So happy. So doggy

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A friend is sending me updates about her son's top surgery recovery, and you can't currently say nothing to me that wouldn't be drowned out by the joy in my heart. When we say transform, we mean her son is able to finally feel carefree after years of unsolvable pain. A parent's dream comes true.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's avatar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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Today, the Guardian and other orgs co-released "Trafficking Inc": a massive investigation linking Amazon, McDonalds, the InterContinental Hotels Group and Chuck E. Cheese to labor trafficking and forced labor, particularly in the Persian Gulf

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Do they identify as male?

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I have now been trans long enough for cargo pants to come back into fashion.

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Hi sorry can't talk rn

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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I must be back in Toronto because I'm having the best Ethiopian food (Rendezvous on the Danforth)and hearing people talk loudly and ignorantly about trans youth. Thank goodness for poetry. Toronto : delicious and exhausting

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Oof and that glorious cover!

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So much love & extra care for trans, non binary and GNC people today. For the parents & teachers who understand, for everyone who sees this anti trans movement for what it is. We are so tired, but we'll never stop fighting for access, dignity, and our youth. We are a celebration. #TransIsBeautiful

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Charlie Petch 's avatar Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social
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Oops sorry Elaine, I should have included that

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Berton house is very ready for counter protest marches today in Dawson City! #NoSpaceForHate #TransRightsAreHumanRights #NonBinaryIsBeautiful #ProtectTransYouth

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