[Prompt: Photo by Robbin Grimm]<\/p>\n
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Bright Tapestry, Coverlet<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Armadillos are said to have no eyeshine<\/em>,<\/p>\n he whispered that first night<\/p>\n in my cozy bed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Indian mirrorwork coverlet, Shisha,<\/p>\n shone its tiny mirrors at us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The tapetum lucidum is a layer of tissue<\/p>\n immediately behind the retina,<\/p>\n reflecting light and contributing<\/p>\n to the superior night vision<\/p>\n of some carnivorous animals, I learned.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jerry came over most nights for a few weeks.<\/p>\n Bright yellow eyeshine belongs to raccoon<\/em>,<\/p>\n he said, while I took off my makeup<\/p>\n and let down my hair.\u00a0 Moths exhibit <\/em><\/p>\n an orange-red glow. Same holds true for owls. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cool nights we wrapped ourselves<\/p>\n in the winking embroidered fabric,<\/p>\n imagining the sexy glare of wolf<\/p>\n and coyote eyes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The burning red of gator eyes,<\/p>\n the frog\u2019s green flash<\/p>\n and bear\u2019s deep orange<\/p>\n were quite the aphrodisiac.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But then he said wolf-spiders shine <\/em><\/p>\n white as glittering constellations<\/em><\/p>\n as he tugged on his heeled boots<\/p>\n and then left before daybreak<\/p>\n for his job at the lab.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shisha, shisha.\u00a0 The streetlight is cold LED<\/p>\n and it shines through the window<\/p>\n on the stars of your horrible eyes!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n * Tapetum lucidum<\/em>, Latin for \u201cbright tapestry, coverlet\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [Prompt: Photo by Robbin Grimm] Bright Tapestry, Coverlet Armadillos are said to have no eyeshine, he whispered that first night in my cozy bed. The Indian mirrorwork coverlet, Shisha, shone its tiny mirrors at us. The tapetum lucidum is a layer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","category-official-marathon-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144601,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144592\/revisions\/144601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}