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May 11, 2021

Baba of the valley

Will Finlayson

Baba has four legs.
Baba keeps close

to the cliff because
the cliff is good to him.

When Baba is hungry,
Baba eats what the cliff

gives him. Baba
likes rain. Baba

thinks the flowers look
like little bells. They are so

quiet. When Baba eats them,
he prays a little. We must

love like Baba.

Will Finlayson’s work can be found in X-R-A-Y, Bodega, Best Microfiction, and this is the SECOND time he's been in HAD. Seriously move on lol. He is an editor at elsewhere mag.