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.