A scruffy little bear he is and the right character for desolation. I would have removed his sign and taken him outside (away from those heathen lights) and set him up in a lonely place looking out for himself.
*devastation: the state of being decayed or destroyed
*bleakness: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"
*forlornness: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
*devastation: an event that results in total destruction