Higher and higher he went, never noticing the group of mothers and small children who seemed to appear from nowhere and fill the playground behind him.
All at once, the screech of delight from a little girl filled his ears and he twisted to see who was observing him at the top of his oscillation. The rotational movement he imparted to the swing coincided exactly with the backward motion and causing the center of gravity of the swing to trace a serpentine path. Anita had stepped out of the way on the last push and was unable to stop the swing as its motion deteriorated into chaos.
On the next upswing, Howard tried to counter the yaw of the swing by jerking the chain in the opposite direction and the next thing he knew, he was flying through the air sans swing.