When she was a child we played a game
we pretended to be high on a cliff at the edge
losing grip on our footing we’d plummet
down off the bed as if from Everest
at the last minute grabbing hands in mid-air
in outstretched rescue every sinewy muscle
straining to hold onto life. She writes
that it’s readied her well for the fight,
she loves me, it’s time to let go.
Chagall 2015
Alphabet City 
When I was a child I organized a game called “Giant Thump” — jumping off a dresser — aiming for the bed — and if missing, landing on pillows and a fuzzy pink blanket in-between.
Ha! I hope you continue to play to this day – yes? Just watch out for low-hanging ceiling fans. 🙂 —CC