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.