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	<title>down in me &#187; Maladies</title>
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		<title>hard candy hurts the skull a lot.</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2010/07/25/hard-candy-hurts-the-skull-a-lot/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2010/07/25/hard-candy-hurts-the-skull-a-lot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[an arrow points at another which points at another. that&#8217;s how we go around, chasing each other like tails.
writing can never be an enjoyable experience for me because writing is either work or therapy.
you can never be an enjoyable experience for me because you are either work or therapy.
it&#8217;s like me, mixed up with him [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wisps of Vapor</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2010/07/17/wisps-of-vapor/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2010/07/17/wisps-of-vapor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=2267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t want her. I don&#8217;t want a girl that doesn&#8217;t flow. I don&#8217;t want a girl that doesn&#8217;t glide weightlessly towards me with a thin smile. I want a girl like gauze. I want a girl that exists in streams, that tears into long strips, that can easily float onto a breeze. I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>i agreed to meet you so you could trample me</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2010/06/08/i-agreed-to-meet-you-so-you-could-trample-me/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2010/06/08/i-agreed-to-meet-you-so-you-could-trample-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=2208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[feel like a mass delusion. feel like a tree, feel like going into the atmosphere with my friend milky and saying &#8216;fuck it&#8217; to the stars because really, who decides when light is to reach the surface of my leaves? i want to climb up stairs, feel like an intrusion, feel apt. i just want [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Shop</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2010/05/30/the-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2010/05/30/the-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 16:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He had a regular-sized dick and I went to the store and I stole it. From the regular-sized dick collection behind the glass. A lot of us talk about beauty. A regular hanker for a cure, a regular size, not big or extra. I said, I&#8217;ve been waiting to do this all night and then [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>I give her what comes to me</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/10/01/i-give-her-what-comes-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/10/01/i-give-her-what-comes-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She sometimes likes things I don&#8217;t like. She smacks lips and mouths the word FUCK with a savory disposition. I smile. I have no quarrel with her tonight, but what&#8217;s this? A gobfull of fingers, plastic and metal, writhing between my teeth and tongue beg me&#160;taste.
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>you can jackhammer my windowsill</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/09/23/you-can-jackhammer-my-windowsill/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/09/23/you-can-jackhammer-my-windowsill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I need to be restrained. Court is in order. Someone order me to stop smoking. Not you, mom, you had your&#160;chance.
Does no good to be too precious about all this, it does no good. Care is taken where care lies and where we lie, assuming that by now you know us well enough to know&#160;so.
sadly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sugar Water</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/07/21/sugar-water/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/07/21/sugar-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got up to pee. In the dark, I slipped on slippers and shuffled in the direction of the bathroom. It felt darker than usual for bedtime. I stepped out of my bedroom into what I thought was my hallway but was a dark void. I died. Then I remembered I still had to pee. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remnants</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/07/16/remnants/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/07/16/remnants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A pretty brunette with eyes like late afternoon golden suns on a planet that has two suns set in a peachy expanse of&#160;heaven.
I came back to tell you how much I loved it but you were&#160;gone.
I spit&#160;disease.
I&#8217;m tired of propping you up like we&#8217;re in a shitty eighties&#160;movie.
I&#8217;m tired of thin-lipped brunettes waxing pretty and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That air of feigned indifference</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/06/25/that-air-of-feigned-indifference/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/06/25/that-air-of-feigned-indifference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Excuse me? I beg your pardon, but what of the beauty? They say they saw it here at some stage past. Previously they&#8217;ve seen it wandering these very halls, but we&#8217;ve seen nothing of the sort. Nary a flicker idles by nor does a flash of sincerity do create that which is beauty. Nor does [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>When things are most quiet</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/06/15/when-things-are-most-quiet/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/06/15/when-things-are-most-quiet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you teach a soldier to stand down? A fighter when the coast is clear to let down his guard and conserve energies at an opportune moment, like when there are no more bumblebees in the bathroom. But what if one should appear? Should you get caught in the bathroom with your pants and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>nanny nanny boo boo</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/05/01/nanny-nanny-boo-boo/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/05/01/nanny-nanny-boo-boo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Muscular pain, misplaced files, sticky notes that don&#8217;t stick, low-flying planes, earworms slithering unbidden. Shady characters averting their eyes. Shit for breakfast. Pole fuckers. I mean of course, fuckers that are Poles. Italo-Greek fuckers. Dark fuckers emitting dark English sounds, beckoning Asian chicks to bed. Aussie fuckers loudly laughing. Leg splaying, body laying, money grubbing, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sometimes I don&#8217;t know how much to exist</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/04/14/sometimes-i-dont-know-how-much-to-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/04/14/sometimes-i-dont-know-how-much-to-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Squashed between a white chick, an asian lady and a black guy, I don&#8217;t know where to look. Could be one sweet, one hot, one kinky, and me. Could be what you saw on&#160;TV.
I close my eyes tonight and pretend I am a tiny floating speck. I don&#8217;t think about writing this. I think speck-like [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>I live in someone else’s house now.</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/03/16/i-live-in-someone-else%e2%80%99s-house-now/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/03/16/i-live-in-someone-else%e2%80%99s-house-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I live in someone else&#8217;s house now. Every morning I do her dishes and empty her bins. I listen to her stereo at a very low volume so as not to disturb her. I look over her shoulder and it&#8217;s more tan than I recall thinking of its shade. Her shoulder&#8217;s fuzzy and down her [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s like you know</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/03/05/its-like-you-know/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/03/05/its-like-you-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what it&#8217;s like? It&#8217;s like playing Eskimo Bears with a person who doesn&#8217;t like hatchets. You know? Infuriating. You&#8217;re trying to offer them your backside and they&#8217;re pretending your face is&#160;minuscule. 
I felt like playing with words this morning so I picked up Toxicity and Desiccant and Honey and we rode out [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>I put it on a book and then I sat there.</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/02/18/i-put-it-on-a-book-and-then-i-sat-there/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/02/18/i-put-it-on-a-book-and-then-i-sat-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I put it on a book. And then I sit there and I wait for it to beep. I write stuff, like this. I write this and then I shut it and I wait for it to beep. I write in long lines. No word wrap for me. I close it and I put it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spit</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/02/06/spit/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/02/06/spit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had something to say, there was something I needed to say. What was it? There&#8217;s something wrong with me, I know. I know there&#8217;s something wrong with me. Not just anything, I know. I know there&#8217;s something really wrong with me I had something to say. What was it? There was something I really [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Heady Bullshit #5</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2009/02/02/heady-bullshit-5/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2009/02/02/heady-bullshit-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m rarely happier than when I&#8217;m ignored rarely pleased with being attended to so carefully since I&#8217;m not so carefully attained I&#8217;m a driver a driver in a car that likes to think it&#8217;s seen better times when all it saw were different owners. The water doesn&#8217;t flow freely from your lips like it once [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ugly</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/09/02/ugly/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2008/09/02/ugly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Something so placidly mundane [I taste ill]</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/08/13/something-so-placidly-mundane-i-taste-ill/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2008/08/13/something-so-placidly-mundane-i-taste-ill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You like the idea of a girl tossing and turning in bed, sweaty tearing off the sheets in frustration. You like imagining the floral scent fuming off her skin pushing damp in the shadow dark; blushes spread and flush. You like the idea of girlish fear invading your nostrils as your fingers invade the honeyed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>I am.</title>
		<link>http://downinme.com/2008/07/14/i-am/</link>
		<comments>http://downinme.com/2008/07/14/i-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maladies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://downinme.com/?p=253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This will come as no surprise to you: I really have no idea what the fuck I am doing. I am the only person in the world and at the same time, I don&#8217;t exist at all. I am surrounded by lots of no one. I am alone. I am not together. I am all [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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