When I was in college some 30+ years ago, I was in a creative writing course, the course used an anthology book, in English, with many short stories, maybe essays and poems too.
One of the short stories, has a man moving to a city and trying to find work. The job he can get is to put on a chess piece costume for rich people. The rich people leave when it starts to rain. The paper mache of the pieces starts falling apart. And some of the pieces/people start fighting.
What's the title, please!??