A 14-Year-Old Boy's Poem Goes Viral, Appears To Be Copied From Jonathan Reed

A teenager's poem being hailed on the internet seems to be very similar in theme and style to a Jonathan Reed poem, "The Lost Generation."

Updated — 7:45 a.m. ET

Derek Nichols tweeted his little brother Jordan's poem on Feb. 26. It has since amassed 131,867 retweets and 132,112 favorites.

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Read this... My 14 year old brother wrote this... Crazyyyy

06:10 PM - 26 Feb 2014

The poem has since been reported on by The Independent, Elite Daily, and BuzzFeed.

Whie young Jordan's poem still makes you feel a range of emotions.

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Like despair.

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Anger.

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And helplessness.

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It is worth noting the stylistic and thematic similarities between his and Jonathan Reed's writings.

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It's also important to remember that if you copy your homework from another source, you better make sure it doesn't go viral!