```
% pandoc -f markdown -t native -s
---
abstract: |
  This is the abstract.

  It consists of two paragraphs.
...
^D
Pandoc (Meta {unMeta = fromList [("abstract",MetaBlocks [Para [Str "This",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "abstract."],Para [Str "It",Space,Str "consists",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "two",Space,Str "paragraphs."]])]})
[]
```