cheaters

Who taught you how to cheat?
Did you see it in a movie
or on TV?
Did an older sibling show you?
Or was it your best friend?
Whoever it was didn't teach you right
because you did it in plain sight

You didn't think I'd notice the cell phone under the table?
You claim you were checking the time?
But I wrote it on the board and
the clock's on the wall
straight ahead,
right in front of you
You can't tell time on that kind of clock?
Of course not
Teenagers don't know how to do that
No one taught you

Oh, and what's that tiny ball of crumpled paper on the floor?
Oh, it's a note
What's it say?
You remember controlling idea?
What if they said yes?
How does that help you answer question 26?
And what are you doing over there?
Holding up a piece of scrap paper in the air
with big old letters that read
render means?

How dumb do you have to be?
And you all wrote down the same answer
Why of all people would you copy off Naji?
Nancy asked him how a man got Hepatitis B from his friend's razor
with dried blood on the blade when he shaved his own face
The boy said rectum
And dumb, dumb, and dumber
copied it down
And Nancy said how in the hell did he get it from that?
What was the man doing with the razor, shaving his-
Hey!
Stop talking!
Don't tell him that!
You can't help each other
This is a state exam!
No, you can't use a computer to look up a book title or author
You can't go ask your teacher
You can't go out to the store to purchase a granola bar
Ok, I'll go get you guys some pretzel snacks

This test started at 1:30 and isn't ending fast
6:30 and the last student rolls out
I've been here for 10 hours
Everyone else left, I was last
Didn't know I could come in late today
Would have taken advantage
if I knew how you were all gonna act