speck

===The "speck" is a term that is seen throughout the poem that the reader notices while writing. What merely starts out as appearing to be a dot slowly transforms into some kind of organism of importance.===

As the poem continues, the writer is watching this speck develop. It develops mobility, hunger, emotion, and some sort of decision making ability. It is a key characteristic to note because at first, this was nothing more than a motionless speck.