30 feet

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Thirty feet
Or twenty more... from the walkway,
which sits ten feet above the level of the sea

Or ten feet... if one were to stand on the bridge,
twenty feet above the level of the sea

Or two hundred yards further for
those on the path
leading away from the shore

So he told me...

The man in the box

With the smooth voice

And the perfect hair

Just stand thirty feet above
Where the family was standing
As the ocean rushed forward
and swept them away

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