These are the cities of my dream. Their links a quiet diamond symmetry, dance of slender harmony. I travel through cityscapes alike, every perfect node gazing upon an equal number of paths; I wander these to other perfect nodes. Mirrors; these cities are mirrors that beam. A kaleidoscope of silver roads and I stand on one, count corners round my path, meander any other path to count and see twin triangle echoes all about, looking like mirrors all around reflect one view. Come with me to see the horizon from this city. Look to the distance, at those cities looming. For each an equal number of cities passes through from there to this one city of my dream. I know this because they lie beyond the paths that lead out from here; they lie beyond these roads. Let us behold the wonder of these cities; these cities flawless balance their abode the views about nodes about paths the views horizon-ward all reflecting one kaleidoscope one cogent dream, these cities to tender equilibrium true. Now I write these lines to transcribe this my dream. I sketch these lines so each one draws a city. I dream that between two lines lies a path to show they share a stanza or an ending. That words might make my dream come true and trace in shorthand these elegant nodes. So we find here now the cities of my dream. But I know yet not which of my dreams may be-- when we count the corners round a path, count all the paths that emanate from a node, count cities to the horizon leading, which outcomes could ever possibly be true?
Title: Searching for Strongly Regular Graphs Artist: Suzy Lou
First published in HELM: Revolution