Pigeon Culture

She walks beside Florence, taking mincing steps, keeping pace with her. When she looks down at Florence's feet she watches the three screaming toes cross in front of each other right over left then left over right. An essential aspect of her companion's progress seems to be distraction. The feathered throat stretches in and out with each step. Predictably, Florence is taking that throat motion into pecking and ingesting corn and is noticeably pigeon toed. Her arms swing back and forth with the same foot and then with the opposite foot, she marches off swinging her arms left right, left right. A ritual motion to banish the unease found in the lack of bilateral symmetry.