We consume, it is our nature.
Our appetites define and enslave us, giving us the illusions that we cherish so deeply. Hunger drives us, it transcends thought, morality, and God.
Or...
As an American, it is the Mighty Consumer as much as the Almighty Dollar that all corporations seek. I am the Alpha and Omega of the economic cycle. Pander to me and give me trinkets to slake my thirst, buy me politicians I can vote for and food that rots my gut and mind. Befuddle and lie to me, but fear the moment when I cast my eye elsewhere....
Or...
I am Consumed myself, by my grief and passions. I am now that animal, devoid of the chains of my former relationships. I will seduce and intrigue you...and then I will Eat you.
I am all of those things, and more. But I am alive, and therefore, I Consume.