Generally i don’t comment on poems but this is pretty complex for being so short. Well done, i think you captured a powerfully ambivalent memory perfectly.

Thank you.

Being rundown is subjective. In this context this person’s idea of rundown may be while inhaling their last breath. Like someone who looks beautiful and healthy, but you would never know they are on a heart transplant list.

1 mile of bad road, or 7?

This sentiment echoes my own. Well done, sir!