Dog

I was driving back from an architectural shoot in New Haven, CT on Sunday when the traffic backed-up for a second time. The first time was because of parts of a blown tire in the road. This time, I didn't see until I was slowly going around it. A dead dog. Black all over with exception to it's chest which was white. A red collar just like Bootsie's.

I wondered to myself if it died quickly. Did the driver just hit it and keep on going? If they'd hit it and it was still alive, wouldn't they have pulled over and made a call, in which case wouldn't the body have been picked-up?  And where did that dog come from? It had a collar on, so someone loved him. Or her. I don't know the answers, but I like to think the dog died quickly.