Gravity Alley

The open porch gave me my exit, and I tore straight out onto the downhill driveway! No hallway corners holding me back out here—just a long, gritty stretch of open asphalt. Midway down the slope, a loose red skate wheel was wobbling lazily across the lane. Slow down to navigate? Never! I locked both gloved hands on the steering wheel, buried the throttle, and charged head-on. My front bumper struck the curved urethane rim, sending the wheel spinning toward the gutter while the kickback launched my kart into a smoking power-slide. Stuck the landing and coasted right to the curb!