title: Simple, non-ribbon chord diagram (Python 2.7)
body: <p>I am looking to replicate a plot similar to this:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UD5g2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UD5g2.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
  with the following criteria:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>NON-ribbon connections between points (thin lines)</li>
  <li>Text outside each dot</li>
  <li>Only 10 or so points, instead of the 30+ shown above.</li>
  <li>Additional colors (lines/text) not necessary.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'm aware that there are packages like <a href="https://plot.ly/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Plotly</a>, but these seem to be dedicated to having ribbon-like connections, instead of thing lines. I'm also aware of <a href="http://circos.ca/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Circos</a>, but it seems difficult to make something that is relatively simple.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a straight-forward Python 2.7 script that I can use (an online example, or online tool)?</p>