sham, shame, shamble, shambles

Walking out of shambles
in shambling steps,

glancing at the city with a sham smile.
a shamed aged man in the dusk with
a crowing tree.

頹圮步蹣跚
餘光強笑顏
相思羞君老
昏鴉啼雲天

 a sham smile = a pretending smile