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.