4 - Francis Assis Noir -- 1931-1937
Francis was almost mistaken for a girl at birth. His penis had not
popped righteously out, as a self-respecting penis should, and neither of his
testicles had properly descended.
Eventually his penis did pop out and his testicles did descend.
Until they did, Lily dressed him in girl’s dresses, and Theodore refused to brag about his ‘son.’
As Francis grew
older, he tended to hang around with little girls. He showed no interest in
little boy activities. This lasted for about three years.
Theodore was always
scolding him and Francis hung onto his mother’s skirts.
Lily, having had one
child, felt that she had paid her dues to the Lord. She no longer had a
biblical need to have sex. She hated herself for the passions she felt and she
began taking it out on Theodore. Not only did she blame him for awakening the
devil in her, but she also threatened to cut him off from sex completely.
Francis could feel a move
of the power center in his house from his father to his mother. Although he
loved his mother, he felt threatened by the feminine seizure of authority.
Theodore struggled with
his lust for a long time. He spent countless hours praying to God for strength
to resist his own impulses, but his penis would not lie flaccid anymore, having
tasted of the fruit of the vine. Tempers flared when they were alone and away
from the congregation. Theodore implored Lily that it was the will of God that
such devoted servants be fruitful and multiply.
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One day, Theodore's lust got the
best of him. Lily caught him having sex with the neighbor’s daughter while the
girl’s parents were at work.
This was all Lily needed,
to finally cut him off for good. Not only did he get no sex; he had to cook his
own meals, wash and iron his own clothes, and sleep by himself. Theodore’s lust
was not to be repressed. It had become clear to him that the Lord was not so
interested in the multiplication of the seed of Lily’s womb as he was in the
multiplication of the seed of Theodore’s loins.
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Theodore gave up his post
at the church. The church seemed to be defiling itself by following his wife’s
skirts. He took off in the middle of the night with the fifteen-year old girl.
Not only did he find his lust rising regularly but also the fifteen-year old
found her buttocks frequently heaving. They traveled to the south--to the
sultry climes.
Three months later North
Carolina sheriffs found Theodore and the young girl in squalor in a
semi-abandoned house. They had made it as far as Luck, North Carolina--a small
town in the Bald Mountains, not far from Asheville. They had run out of money
and the girl was obviously five months pregnant. Her belly was as big as a
weather balloon. Since she was too pregnant to turn tricks, and since Theodore
did not seem to know how to do anything anymore but preach; they had resorted
to stealing jewelry from vacant mountain homes of the wealthy and stealing hogs
and greens from the hillbillies. The newspaper account of the arrest said that
Theodore was wearing nothing but a smile on his face when caught with his young
girl.
☼
Francis knew his father
had done something bad with his penis and a little girl. He did not really
understand what he had done, but from that day on Francis had trouble sleeping.
Little girls had appeared in his dreams in the past. Now it was more and more
little boys.
The Barnstable
congregation rallied behind Lily, who became the main minister of the church.
She began to rail against the evils of men, sex, lipstick, and latchkey
children.
She never failed to
intimidate young Francis and remind him that he was a man boy. She constantly
warned him of the evils that men do to women. She frequently reminded him that
his penis was the root of manly sin. He was not allowed to flush the toilet
without her having checked the bowl. She said she was looking for worms in his
stool, but she took her greatest interest the day that Theodore accidentally
squirted a load of Jergen’s hand lotion into the bowl. Her fears were totally
unfounded, as he was not old enough to even have an erection.
☼
One day,Lily found
Francis at the foot of a young peach tree sapling in a tangle of rope. He had
climbed a short ladder and tied a rope around a tree limb. He had tied the
other end around his throat. When he had jumped from the ladder, the tree limb
had snapped off.
Lily tried not to ride
Francis so much. She did not want to lose him. In time, he began to smile and
play again. Francis rode
a tricycle and played in his sandbox. He swung in his swing and played with his
blocks.
He entered the Helen Hall grammar school and seemed to love
kindergarten. He learned how to play jacks with the girls. It became an
obsession with him.
☼
This was the same year that Germany seized the Rhineland and
formed an allegiance with Italy.
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