Questionable Motives

It’s a good day for Taurus’s, the magazines say so.
Are you a Taurus? Your smile is infectious.
I used to require more than the alignment of stars.
I required the alignment of stars reflected in eyes.
But desperate times call for different standards.

On the way to work, the bright palm of a leaf
slapped itself against the windshield.
I called it poetry but what I meant is
I’ll take colors for companions if need be.