Scene One — The Field

The Sterile Field

laminar airflow · one direction only · out toward me

I am the biggest contaminant in the room

So I buy time.

wash to the elbow · hair · mask · glove cuff over the sleeve

One clean sweep

Nothing stirs the air
that isn't already mine.

A life I will never meet,
but today I hold it for them.

label · dose · beyond-use date · clean incubator silence

Bibi Tewari · Pharmacy Technician