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.