Class Picture

The photographer begs us
To look at the camera.
But we're too busy
enjoying the last few days
of school.

The girls in lips gloss
and mascara
we sneaked with to the bathroom.
The boys just sweaty
from their game of soccer.

The camera snaps
When the girl next to me pushes me
and I fall on the boys behind us.
The man with the camera
standing in front of us
Doesn't look happy
Because he doesn't see
That our smiles in this picture
Are real.