waiting for an answer

she stares
at her phone
then puts it down.
three minutes
later
she picks it
up again.
hits a button
or two,
shakes her
head, then closes
it once
more. she puts
it in her
purse, snapping
it shut.
goes to the
bathroom
comes back
in five minutes
and opens
the purse back
up to look at her
phone again.
nothing.
no one.
she shakes
the phone, tapping
it on the side.
checks
the weather
and the time.
stares at it
until it goes
black. she sets
it down
and looks out
the window.
she sees other
people staring at
their phones.
she bites her lip,
sighs.