A wave passing through two slits becomes two waves
that coincide to produce an interference pattern*

An image in a poet’s mind is an interference pattern
of light waves, and perception is an interference pattern
of images because even individual photons, particles,
and bits of matter produce interference patterns. Collectively,
subconsciously, they behave like a wave passing through
two slits. But when they are conscious of observation,
they are probabilistic:

 

If language is material, or matter, then ekphrastic poems
can be interference patterns of language if they are not observed,
or measured, during creation. Informed decision leads to language
that goes through one slit (self) or the other (probabilistic appropriation).
The New Difficulty is to renunciate relation and reject effect to interfere,
create a pattern of language unlike any other.

*In physics, interference is a phenomenon in which two waves superpose to form a resultant wave of greater, lower, or the same amplitude. Interference usually refers to the interaction of waves that are correlated or coherent with each other, either because they come from the same source or because they have the same or nearly the same frequency. Interference effects can be observed with all types of waves, for example, light, radio, acoustic, surface water waves or matter waves.