After reading in the paper that a young woman, under 18, in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced to 80 lashes, I have not been able to write about sweet experiences. The lashes, on her legs? Back? Enough to make her flesh look like what we grill on the barbeque? I did not want this, my poetry blog, to bring up political, sociological, moral issues as such, but this -- in 2010 -- well, I'm working on an 80 line rant.