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.