song title / lyrics

"The Unsolvable Mystery of a Most Peculiar Julep"

So why have millions trekked to globe
To grab but a faint glance at a most peculiar julep?

"I know, I know," you say:
"It is the angle of the sun,
"It is the curvature of the sapphire moon!"

But why, then, do daughters curse their name?
Why do mothers walk through flame?

"It's elementary," you remark:
"It is the color of the cross-hatched rays!
"It is the perfume vents on its tendril-ed grave!"

Then why, I must ask, do saints reject their vows?
Why do cloud-shapes break in languages unmade?

"It's quite simple," you exclaim:
"It's a certain kind of atom that makes the grade
"It's a secret password known to the Sultan of Milk"

So........

I assemble your answers and plot the arc
But the pattern I seek has no memory to chart

There are tigers to chase, there are windows to close
But the most peculiar julep seems to know what I know:

That the essence is pure, its residue clean
It's not what you'll find in an old magazine

"So silence, my friend, you cannot play God!"
Speaks a most peculiar julep, with a wink and a nod