The accordion music floated in the air drawing me closer to see the little dog on the player’s shoulder. An elderly man walked by and put a coin in the cup dangling from the pup’s mouth. I started to video them. I dug into my pocket and gave a couple of euros, too. How could I not? But as I walked away, I thought, OMG what if that dog doesn’t want to hold a money pot in his mouth? What if that man affixed it there with wires and greed? Did I just contribute to animal cruelty?
Rose Hills