present participle

spivack 151 Kathleen Spivack present participle at night setting out on the raft of the bed the whirlpool already suckering downward that man at the window the flapping door the man behind the door the knife the gun the window-shade the bathroom light the blank houses with sleepers crying help; turning the hall light off and on, off and on, trying to decide which is safest, sending signals to the hooded one, the one without eyes. ...