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.