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.