The Growth Of Oranges

The sky clears as if a play is about to begin. The setting is an orange tree; each golden fruit is a star waiting to become a supernova.
“Mommy are the oranges ready yet?”
“With a few more weeks of weather like this, Jonah, they will be ready.”
Later that afternoon, Jonah sneaks back into the yard and grabs the lowest-hanging fruit. He holds it to his cheek and whispers to it.
The orange, yet unformed like Jonah, reveals inside itself a fusing, growing pulp.
Jonah sets it amongst the artifact roots and watches as it transforms under the sun.