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.