If I were to make a business deal with time
I’d always pay for more
Tricky thing is time waits for no one
And never comes to the table
Like a bird in a cage
We are always in a losing battle
So instead we must remember
At least we can still sing
Even when time has us in handcuffs
In a tiny gilded cage
At least the sound of music
Keeps us free
It was very hard to hit everything in this prompt, but got a poem in at the literal 11th hour
Write a poem that negotiates with temporality featuring an acronym and an aviary