Brian Davis channels Philip Larkin

Out of Interest

Purely out of interest, let me put my hand up your skirt and see if I can find your G-spot.

I’ve had a few and maybe it’ll end in farce:

Instead of pleasing you and seeing you grow hot,

I’ll doubtless put my fingers up your arse.

Purely in the cause of research, officer, let me knock your antiquated helmet off and see if you’ve got hair.

You may well have a barnet in the style of Gareth Hunt;

In love and war, I know, everything is fair

But, let’s face it, you’re a bent and racist cunt.

Purely by the by, Tony, let me ask you what you think of welfare, health, farming and Britain’s rails.

Isn’t it true that all of them, once great, aren’t worth a hillock?

You stand and posture, suck Clinton’s cock and claim you’re gonna blaze trails

To the future, when actually you’re a cheesy pillock.

Purely out of interest, please cough,

And then, the lot of you, fuck off.

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Hmm?  So, it's a poem meant to break cultural taboos, question authority, and expose national hypocrisies.  It's satire.  It's extended dirty limerick.  It's proletarian rant.  It's social comment.  It's . . . common.  It's the kind of stuff that maybe Brian wouldn't want seen on the Internet, if he were serious about writing poetry?  It's just mental diddling.  It's bad!  Yes!  And it's great fun if you recite it out loud!

One or two references worth noting:  What is a "barnet," a kind of period hair-do?  Yes, in the sense of British (typically Cockney) rhyming slang; a reference to Barnet Fair, a horse fair, and so, I guess, a wig or a spectacular coif?  (The cockneyism is supported of course by "arse" ending the first stanza.)

And who is Gareth Hunt?  An English actor of the '70s who appeared in some Dr. Who episodes and, for two seasons, on "The New Avengers."  According to Wikipedia, Hunt also apparently shipped out with the Merchant Navy in 1957 (at the age of 15), jumped ship in New Zealand and, after a number of years, was apprehended then deported back to Britain, where he served some months in jail for going AWOL.  So, a bit of an anti-authority guy himself, like the persona behind the poem.  Also, a handy pairing for a raunchy rhyme.

Let's assume we all know what G-spot refers to, but do we know the origin of the name?