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Correlation between r.v.'s following a distribution that is the ration between complex Gaussian and Chi-square r.v.'s

Given the following two R.V.s

$$z_{1} = \frac{x_{1}}{|x_{1}|^2 + |x_{2}|^2 + ... + |x_{M}|^2}$$

and

$$z_{2} = \frac{x_{2}}{|x_{1}|^2 + |x_{2}|^2 + ... + |x_{M}|^2}$$

where $x_{i} \sim \mathcal{CN}(0,a), \forall i$ and $a > 1$. As can be seen, the denominator follows a Chi-square distribution with $2M$ degrees of freedom as $x_{i}$ are i.i.d. R.V.s.

Is it possible to calculate

$$\mathbb{E} \{ z_{1} z_{2}^{*}\},$$

and show that the variables are correlated or not? Not that $*$ is the conjugate.