Weather Report ?

I have never been able to 
preface the conversation
I want to have with someone
with talk about the weather,
as if such fare were a scene setter
that gave me time to think
and listen before I spoke next.

When I am asked how I am
I usually offer my listener
a rating out of ten, which covers
how and why I feel angry or sad
whilst leaving all specifics to later.

I have often sensed that the language
we apply to the weather also applies
to the mood or place we might be in.

Perhaps I would cover
myself better
if I left myself out of it
and just rated the weather...