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.