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.