Free For All

You may talk about the weather
Morning, noon or night or whether
When in company together
Or conversing with yourself.
It's a universal topic
Touching matters magniscopic
In the arctic or the tropic
For the Arab, Scot or Guelph.

Though you talk with Sue or Tommy
When it's rough or when it's calmy,
When it's stormy, when it's balmy
Be it rain or be it shine.
It's a subject mighty meaty,
Very handy as a greetie,
Be it cold or gray or sleety,
Be it nasty or benign.

Though thermometers are soaring,
Though old Pluvius is pouring,
Though the thunder clouds are roaring,
Do not fear to speak your mind.
You may praise it, you may flout it,
But (O never, never doubt it)
You've a right to talk about it
To whomever you may find.

What you say can little matter
As you join the current chatter
Mid the flashing and the clatter.
You've a right to have your say.
Never have the slightest fear or
Doubt you will not have a hearer
When you're holding up the mirror
To old nature's antic way.