Our Hero   But his parents made him this way. They raised him to expect the biggest and the most of everything, bequeathed him life unfazed   by friction or unpleasantness, allowed him endless indulgence of every crazy whim, craving, will-o’-the-wisp. And now   he claims to be authentic, not just coasting along in the triangle of power, wealth, and privilege — he wants to be our hero. (Not yet dead, already a ghost.)     © Michael Fleming Brattleboro, Vermont September 2022