JAN PORCELLIS' SHIP

In a miracle
of art discovery
from the Nazis
the Dutch master's
Jan Porcellis's
"Ships in Distress
on a Stormy Sea"
is now in recovery
and returned
to its truly grateful owners
having been jealously
double-crossed
in the history of dark times
of Jacob's troubles
amid fearful memories
of unbearable hidden crimes
in forbidden archives
and galleries
of all those lost years.