911 Hendiadys
Our mouths agape,
we stand at maw and gape.
At once both strange and odd,
a lone spire aspires to replace
a solitary figure of twins,
reborn from dust and ash
on high, a rise and phoenix,
both monument and towering
testament of will,
lost souls in sole remembrance.
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*A hendiadys, or ‘one through two’, is a literary device for describing one thing as two, such as ‘maw and gape’ instead of ‘gaping maw’, ideally creating ambiguity as to meaning. Hendiadys is also often referred to as a ‘figure of twins’.
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