Sorry, Allen. I didn't mean to cause offense, and it honestly hadn't occurred to me to take any.
I mentioned deism only because it seemed relevant to the poem Rogerbob posted, and (I thought) to your comment about a god's (or a belief system's) usefulness. I'm not a deist myself, but deism was definitely significant in New England, and Stevens came from an old New England family.
In retrospect, I realize that my flippant "wish-granting genie" remark sounds more sarcastic than neutral. [Longer-than-necessary explanation deleted. Better to just briefly apologize than to make excuses.]
Anyway, I sincerely apologize. Back to Wallace Stevens's theology.
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