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This was the story I was looking for! Thanks! When I wrote my original post I checked Wikipedia for the names of short story collections to mention as the possible sources for the story I wanted to be identified, but Betting on the Muse was not listed under "Short story chapbooks and...

I need help identifying a short story that I read at least two years ago. (I'm pretty sure it's a short story, anyway.) Here are some roughly accurate details about the story, which I hope will be sufficient for its identification: Bukowski, or perhaps just the narrator, tries to pacify some...