ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND       
       BEYOND  THE GREAT DAM.     
   IT WAS BUILT IN  THE  LATE SIXTIES.  
    THE  ELVES  CAME TO US THEN.    
                      
                      
 THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE 
 CAME  TO TRUST THEM.          US 
 KIDS  WOULD PLAY DOWN  AT THE WATER EVEN 
 THOUGH WE WERE NOT  ALLOWED.       
    SOMETIMES  THE SLUICE  WOULD  CLOSE 
 ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER  AT THE  DAMS 
 FOOT WOULD DRY  UP, REVEALING  THE ROCKY 
 WATER  GARDEN  THAT  HAD   BEEN   HIDDEN 
 BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE.      
       BEFORE THE  DAM OPENED  AGAIN, 
 THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL,  BUT  THE ELVES 
 WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR  IT, AND SUDDENLY 
 WE WOULD  FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY 
 AT  OUR KNEES.               
                      
   BY  THEN  THE ELVES  WOULD BE GONE.