Spring Flight

Stark ruled paper ended right at a steel coil. A giant silver spring from a spiral notebook, severed and lying on its side! Curved loops spaced neat like hurdle bars. I crouched deep. Spring! I vaulted right into the center channel. Wobble beneath—the whole spiral rolled! Flexible pivot: I snapped my knees upward, grabbed two parallel steel rings, and used the rolling bounce to flip clean out. Landed flat on the wooden desk right next to the brass lamp base. Metal still vibrating behind me!