Numbers Game

(Might not be a "poem", strictly speaking, I just don't know what else it could be)

9.
1; 4.
1, 1.
Actually:
1, 2.
187?

No.
1, 1.
Hope.

 

10.
1, 1.
Wait.
Hope.

 

11.
1, 2.
Hate.
187.

I wish.
5150.
2+2=5
Stop.
Hope.
Wait.

 

12.
2+2=5
1+1=No.
1, 2. Still.
187=0
5150=0
No hope.
Stalemate.