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.