Jim Andrews' discussion -- seemingly never-ending -- on poetics today, coupled with my purchase of rockstar 2 bundle + beatles (beatles rockband was not available; surprisingly, rockband 2 bundle and then separately, beatles, not only includes 2 games and all the components, it is $50 less) has led me to believe that -- further from my idea as many of my poems as *applications* is the view that content is essentially like a musical instrument one plays as one makes a poem