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JULIA ENGELMANN
one day baby
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A book

"Someday baby we'll be old, oh baby we'll be old and think of all
the stories we could have told."

In a packed lecture hall, a young woman shyly steps up to the

microphone, speaks softly into the silence - and enchants the audience
with her words. Julia Engelmann triggered a wave of enthusiasm with
her poetry slam lecture »One Day« and found millions of fans online.
Your message, finally turning dreams into reality, speaks from the
heart of all of us. Because there is so much more in each of us ! And
this rousing energy characterizes all the slam texts in her first book
»One Day, Baby«. With refreshing honesty, she gives food for
thought, shakes you awake and tells you captivatingly about the small
and big moments in life. Sometimes tender, sometimes powerful and
always touching, Julia Engelmann calls for courage to seek happiness
and live life before it's too late - "Come on! Let's write stories that we'll
be happy to tell later".

author

Julia Engelmann was born in 1992, grew up in Bremen and is now

studying psychology. For several years she has regularly taken part
in poetry slams. A video of her contribution »One Day« at the Bielefeld
lecture hall slam became a surprise hit on the internet and has been
clicked, liked and shared millions of times so far. In addition to poetry,
her passions are music and acting. From 2010 to 2012 she starred in
the TV series »Everything that counts«. In addition, she accompanied
Tim Bendzko on his tour of Germany in early 2014. »One Day, Baby«
is her first book.

More information about Julia Engelmann at

www.facebook.com/juliaengelmannofficial
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Julia Engelman
Someday,
infant
Poetry Slam Texts

With illustrations by the author

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This book is also available as an e-book.

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1st edition
Original edition June 2014
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ONE DAY / RECKONING TEXT

for Asaph

"One day, baby, we'll be old,

oh baby, we'll be old
and think of all the stories
that we could have told."

One day baby we'll be old, oh baby

we'll be old and think of
all the stories we could have
told.

Who I am?

I'm the master of pranks when

it comes to self-deception
a toddler at its finest,
when I face tasks.
I'm a decelerated particle, can't
tear anything, let me inspire
carelessness - if someone else lives
it.

I think too much, I

wait too much, I
take on too much and I
don't do enough of it.
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I doubt everything,
hold myself back too often, I'd
like to be smart – that
alone is pretty stupid.

I would say so many things but mostly keep quiet because - if

I said all that
that would be way too much.

There's too much to do,

my lists are so long I'll never
get through it all, so I don't even start.

And someday baby I'll be old, oh baby I'll be

old and think of all the stories
I could have told.

Instead of this?

Instead, I'm hanging aimlessly in front of my smartphone,

just waiting for next Friday.
"Oh, I'll do that later" is the
baseline of my everyday life.
I'm so terribly lazy

like a pebble at the bottom of the sea.

I'm so terribly lazy, my
Patronus sucks.
My life is a waiting room, nobody calls
me.

My dopamine – I always save that in case I

need it again.
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And you?

Every year on New Year's Eve you mumble

the same resolutions faithfully into your champagne glass.
And at the end of December you realize
that you are right
when you say you screwed her up again
this time.
For you, 2013 should already be »the first
year of the rest of your life«.
You wanted to lose weight, get up earlier, go out more often, go
about your dreams, watch the news for your small talk
general knowledge.
But just like every year,
although you didn't expect it, everyday life
got in the way again.

Our life is a waiting room, nobody calls

us.
Our dopamine – we always save that in case
we need it later.
We are young and have so much time,
why should we risk anything?
We don't want to make any mistakes, and
we don't want to lose anything either.

And there is so much to do, our lists remain long,

and so day after day goes very quietly into the unknown land.
»I'll do that later« becomes »Oh, I'll do that later« becomes
»AHHHH, I'll do that later!« becomes now.
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And someday baby we'll be old, oh baby

we'll be old
And think of all the stories we
could have told

And the stories we

tell instead will be sad subjunctives
like -

'Once I almost ran a marathon and almost

read the Buddenbrooks and I almost was

"until the clouds turn purple again" were still awake, we

almost unmasked
and seen we're the same, and
then we almost told each other how
much we mean to each other" -

we will tell.
And we won't tell you that we were just
lazy and cowardly
and secretly wish
stay here a little longer.

Then when we are old and our days are short -

and that will happen anyway -
only then will we understand
we never had anything to lose.
Because we can choose the life we
want to lead.
So let's go!, let's write stories that
we would like to tell later.
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28 One Day / Reckoning Text

So!

Let's stay up late at night

Climb the highest roof in the city, laugh
and sing the greatest
songs, free from the rhythm!
Let's throw parties like confetti, see
them travel to the floor
and celebrate the fallen feasts,
»until the clouds are purple again«!

Let's believe in ourselves

I don't care if that's crazy!
If you look closely, you see
that courage is also just an anagram of luck.
Whoever we were, let's
become who we want to be.
We've waited way too long, let's
waste dopamine!
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"The meaning of life is life" - that's

what Casper said.
»Let's make the most of the night« –
that's what Ke$ha said.
Let's make as many mistakes as possible
and learn as much as possible from them,
let's sow good things now
so that we can reap good things later!
Let's do everything because we can
and don't have to,
now we're young and alive,
and everyone should know that!
Let 's unmask
and then see we're the same
and then we can still say that we mean
a lot to each other!

Because our days are passing

– this will happen anyway –
and until then we're free and
there's nothing to lose.
The life we want to lead, we can
choose it ourselves.
So go ahead, let's write stories that
we'd love to tell later!

And someday baby we'll be old, oh baby

we'll be old and think of all
the stories -
that are ours forever.