The Devil in Kansas

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Half-hidden in a fragrant cloud of incense, Vickie, eighteen, in swimsuit and high socks, punches the button on a tape player. An Indian-accented voice gives instruction: “Short of breath? Feeling tired all the time? Yogi Vithaldas recommends beginning with Sukhasana, the Easy Pose — a position of ease and comfort. To attain it, the student sits down on the floor with his legs stretched out in front of him. The right leg is bent at the knee and the foot is placed under the thigh of the opposite leg.”

Vickie follows the Yogi’s instructions.

In the hallway, her sister, Wendy, twenty-five, and Charlie, early thirties, stand outside a door. Wendy wears a thrift store ensemble. Charlie, in a leather-fringed jacket and elephant skin boots, carries a guitar over his shoulder like a shotgun.

Wendy searches through a mesh bag. “I’m wasted, man. I don’t even know where I’ve been for three days, much less where I left my keys.”

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