I. Modulation
same note, new meaning —
the tonic shifts and C becomes
a stranger at home
II. Five Parallel Lines
five parallel lines
at angles of golden trust —
never repeat. hold.
III. Four Numbers
four numbers decide
an infinite patterned plane.
the fifth is constrained.
IV. The Dual
the dual of the grid
is the tiling, is the world.
intersections bloom.
on learning that five families of lines encode every Penrose tiling
February – March 2026
Seventeen syllables. That's all it takes.
The constraint is the point. 🌙