UNBREAKABLE

unbreakable
for seven years now
I have had a little black comb
one of those little black combs
that has molded on one side
the word UNBREAKABLE
for seven years
I have used it daily
and doubted the truth in that claim
tonight I picked up the comb
and with a simple, easy motion
broke it in half.
I put the two pieces
back down on my desk
and with my head in my hands
stared at them for nearly a minute
finally, I looked up at the ceiling
and shouted at the top of my lungs,
“is it all a goddamn lie?”