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.