Hobby (edit #2)

his cooking
a last ditch erotics
machinegunning away

“retreat” on the trench
telephone (that’s me,
the voice of reason,
he calls me resentfully)

no matter how many tarts
he bakes, even if he wins,
only a lifetime
of cooking
awaits

Author's Note

better or worse than http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/flounderinga/622498/ ?